1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Toreador

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 27 Toreador

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TOREADOR, a Spanish word derived from torear, to engage in a bull-fight, toro, a bull, Latin taurus, for one of the principal performers in the national sport of bull-fighting (q.v.).