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toreador|tɒriːəˈdɔə(r), ˈtɒrɪədɔə(r)|
Also 8 tauridore, tawridore, 8–9 torreadore, 9 torreador, tauridor, (tauréador).
[a. Sp. toreador ‘a bull-baiter’ (Minsheu), mod.Sp. ‘a bull-fighter on horseback’; so in Fr. The forms in taur- agree with earlier Fr. tauréador and with L. taurus.]
a. One who engages in a (Spanish) bull-fight, esp. on horse-back; a bull-fighter.
1618T. Lorkin in Crt. & Times Jas. I (1848) II. 82 The Conde de Cantilliana, that excellent Toreador, hath stolen away the wife of a Procurador de Corte. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) III. 771/1 When the price of the horses and bulls, and the wages of the Torreadores, have been paid. 1823Byron Age of Bronze vii, Up! up again! undaunted Tauridor! 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Passion & Princ. xii. III. 263 As the Matador puts the finishing stroke to the..victim of the lighter efforts of the Picadores and Torreadores who have preceded him. 1884Pall Mall G. 3 June 3/2 The entertainment commenced with a flourish of trumpets as the tauréadors, five in number, marched in, bowed to the public, and ranged themselves.
¶b. Erroneously used for ‘bull-fight’. Obs.
1728? De Foe Capt. Carleton's Mem. 304 A Diversion less to be complained of than their Tauridores; because attended with less Cruelty to the Beast, as well as Danger to the Spectator.
c. attrib.: esp. in fancy names of styles of women's hats or dresses. toreador pants chiefly U.S., women's tight-fitting trousers, tapering to mid-calf.
1892Daily News 14 Nov. 6/3 The Zouave is as great a favourite as it has been for some seasons, and though it varies in form—being sometimes a bolero, sometimes a toreador, and sometimes a cross between an Eton jacket and a Zouave. 1899Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 3/2 The toreador toque is another very popular species just now—a toque, or really a hat, of rounded crown and rounded brim that is always much tilted to one side by a broad bandeau. 1956E. Bain Mugger x. 83 She wore a white blouse, and black toreador pants, which tapered down to her naked ankles and feet. 1960‘A. Burgess’ Right to Answer ii. 22 Veronica..went off, slim as a blade in toreador pants. 1974R. B. Parker God save Child vi. 48 She was dressed for a bull fight. Tight gold toreador pants... A ruffled red shirt,..a bronze wide-brimmed vaquero hat. |