matador

Meaning

Noun

• The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
• A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
• The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
• One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish matador ("killer"). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.