Definitions for matadors

matadors mat·a·dor

Spelling: [mat-uh-dawr]
IPA: /ˈmæt əˌdɔr/

Matadors is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in matadors (aadmorst).

Definitions for matadors

noun

  1. the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
  2. one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games.
  3. (initial capital letter) a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile.

Origin of matadors

1665-75; Spanish, equivalent to mata(r) to kill (perhaps Vulgar Latin *mattāre, presumed derivative of Late Latin mattus soft, weak; cf. matte1) +-dor

Examples for matadors

Yo La Tengo was one of those bands, eventually signing to tastemaker matador Records.

I prayed that the matador had met with a similar interruption!

A representative from her label, matador Records, confirmed that nothing has been canceled.

No matador in all Spain could have performed the feat more cleverly.

The North Dakota native is the fourth of seven children raised in the small town of matador, pop.

The matador of the fourth bull made an exceedingly bad thrust.

It's a snap of the matador's red cape, a defiant baiting of Fox News and talk radio.

It was Isabella who first saw the matador, and uttered an exclamation.

Gerard Cosloy, who would sign the band to his matador Records years later, criticized their early shows.

There were several Italian peasants, a Cavalier, a Roundhead, and a matador.

Word Value for matadors
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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