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Definition of Toreadors
1. toreador [n] - See also: toreador
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toreadors
Literary usage of Toreadors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guy Raymond: A Story of the Texas Revolution by Edward Plummer Alsbury (1908)
""The Senorita Navarro had an excellent view of the toreadors from this portico,"
he said, by way of prefacing a conversation. "Don Fermin very thoughtfully ..."
2. Notes: Critical & Biographical by R.B. Gruelle. Collection of W.T. Walters by Richard B. Gruelle, William Thompson Walters (1895)
"17 "toreadors BEFORE ENTERING THE ARENA" "Vibert's pictures are remarkable for
delicacy of touch and nice feeling for color. He, as all the other Parisian ..."
3. Mexico, the Wonderland of the South by William English Carson (1909)
"All through the fight, the matadors and toreadors were greeted with shouts of
... Most of the toreadors come from Spain, and as they get from $1000 to $2500 ..."
4. Let 'er Buck, a Story of the Passing of the Old West by Charles Wellington Furlong (1921)
"As toreadors, well-known cowboys who had won championships in the arena, entered
this fight in which the odds are all against them and in favor of the steer ..."
5. The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind by Robert Sears (1843)
"These contests have their rules and laws, like the modern duels between gentlemen
of honor ; they take place in different modes ; the toreadors, ..."
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