Definition for MAT'A-DORE

MAT'A-DORE, n. [Sp. matador, a murderer, and a card, from matar, to kill.]

  1. One of the three principal cards in the game of omber and quadrille, which are always two black aces and the deuce in spades and clubs, and the seven in hearts and diamonds. Johnson. Pope.
  2. A murderer; the killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bull-fights.

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