What is another word for bullfighter?

Pronunciation: [bˈʊlfa͡ɪtə] (IPA)

A bullfighter is a performer in the art of bullfighting. In Spanish, a bullfighter is called a torero. Other synonyms for bullfighter include matador, toreador, and picador. A matador is the most skilled and famous of all bullfighters, responsible for killing the bull with a sword. A toreador is a Spanish bullfighter who performs with elegance and grace, often known for their colorful costumes. A picador is a bullfighter who rides on horseback with a lance to weaken the bull and make it easier for the matador to kill. These synonyms for bullfighter are all part of the rich and colorful tradition of bullfighting, which has long captivated audiences around the world.

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Usage examples for Bullfighter

Smoking a long black cigar, "grizzled and fierce, as ornate in braid and decorations as a bullfighter," Colonel Dupin had delayed them.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Do you suppose that lovely young Caracunan is a bullfighter?"
"The Unspeakable Perk"
Samuel Hopkins Adams
A bullfighter is sometimes killed, it is true, but the percentage of deadly danger is scarcely enough to make a spectator's heart beat as the bedizened procession comes flashing by in the sun.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay

Famous quotes with Bullfighter

  • A bullfighter can never see the work of art that he is making. He has no chance to correct it as a painter or writer has. He cannot hear it as a musician can. He can only feel it and hear the crowd's reaction to it. When he feels it and knows that it is great it takes hold of him so that nothing else in the world matters. All the time that he is making his work of art he knows that he must keep within the limits of his skill and his knowledge of the animal. Those matadors are called cold who visibly show that they are thinking of this. Antonio was not cold and the public belonged to him now. He looked up at them and let them know, modestly but not humbly, that he knew it and as he circled the ring with the ear in his hand he looked at the different segments of Bilbao, a city that he loved, as they stood up as he passed and was happy that he owned them.
    Ernest Hemingway

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