matador UK /ˈma.tə.dɔː/US /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/ noun4 •The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez. — 1985 •A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way. •The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat. •One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille. formsmatadores · matadors