espadan.
= matador n. 3.
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1882 H. de Windt On Equator 134 The bull-fighters themselves are of four grades: the espada or matador, the picadores [etc.].
1893 A. Chapman & W. B. Buck Wild Spain v. 67 The Espada, or Matador, receives on the day from £120 to £200, including the services of his cuadrilla or troupe, which consists of two picadors, three banderilleros, and a cachetero.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 460/1 Two matadors or espardos are engaged in each day's fight.
1923 Ld. Curzon Tales Trav. 215 Just as the espada lunged with the sword..the bull..was upon him.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 290/2 Bull-fighting requires great courage in the bull-fighters from the espada to the mozo.
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