BULLFIGHT

bullfight, corrida

(noun) a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bullfight (plural bullfights)

A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.

Source: Wiktionary


Bull"fight`, Bull"fight`ing, n.

Definition: 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.

– Bull"fight`er (, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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