matador

noun
🔊/ˈmætədɔː(r)/
🔊/ˈmætədɔːr/
(from Spanish)
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  1. a person who fights and kills the bull in a bullfight斗牛士
    Word OriginSpanish, literally ‘killer’, from matar ‘to kill’, from Persian māt ‘dead’.