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Definition of Bullfight
1. Noun. A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators.
Definition of Bullfight
1. n. A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain.
Definition of Bullfight
1. Noun. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bullfight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullfight
Literary usage of Bullfight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"SPAIN'S LAST bullfight BY RICARDO BAROJA [Thii ironical but gruesome laic is
intended to be a contribution to the campaign again.it bullfighting in Spain. ..."
2. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1858)
"-Letter from Mr. Catherwood.—Christmas Eve.—Arrival of Mr. Catherwood.— Plaza de
Toros.—A bullfight.—The Theatre.—Official Business. ..."
3. The Fourth Reader by William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey (1878)
"DAN'S bullfight. 1. One Saturday afternoon, as a party of the boys went out to
play, Tommy said: " Let's go down to the river and cut a lot of new fish ..."
4. Mexico in Peace and War: A Narrative of Mexican History and Conditions from by Thomas Herbert Russell (1914)
"... CHAPTER XV A MEXICAN bullfight bullfighting is still by far the most popular
amusement of Mexico. ..."
5. On the Mexican Highlands: With a Passing Glimpse of Cuba by William Seymour Edwards (1906)
"... VII A Mexican bullfight MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Novimber 24th. A FEELING first
of disgust and then of anger came over me this afternoon. ..."
6. Stories of Animal Life by Charles Frederick Holder (1899)
"THE FAMOUS TORTUGAS bullfight. THERE was an air of mystery about a certain house
on the Dry Tortugas. For several days a number of boys ..."
7. The Life of Luisa de Carvajal by Georgiana Fullerton (1873)
"As- to the first bullfight she witnessed, it sent her right off into a dead swoon.
From that day, and to the end of her life, this Spanish maiden abhorred ..."
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