Toreador

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The word toreador is used in English to designate the main performer of Spanish-style bullfighting, who taunts and kills the bull. This word, which roughly translates as "bull handler", is not used in Spain or Latin America, where that role is called matador ("killer") or torero.

The Toreador Song from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen is a famous treatment of bullfighting. It has been said that the "hispanesque" word toreador was created by the French lyricist for rhyming purposes, as "torero" was not long enough a word for a verse in one of the songs.

The Toreador is the mascot for Boone High School in Boone, Iowa.

The Toreador are a fictional clan of vampires, associated with the White Wolf Game Studio's Camarilla. See Toreador (World of Darkness).

The Daily Toreador is a publication of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

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