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matador (n.)
man who kills the bull in a bullfight, 1670s, from Spanish
matador
, literally "killer," from
matar
"to kill or wound," probably from Arabic
mata
"he died," from Persian (see second element in
checkmate
). Fem. form is
matadora
.
