Definition of "torero" [torero]

• A matador or one of the supporting team. (noun)

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• "We have come to think of it as a living work of art, and the torero is the artist."
• "Skintight, so there will be no folds of cloth for the horn to snag, the body of the torero is heavily oiled beneath, so that if the end of a horn does tear the suit, it might slide on the oil."
• "But the torero is the star the public wants to see."