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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOREADOR , a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish word derived from torear, to engage in a See also:

bull-fight, taro, a bull, Latin See also:

TAURUS (" the Bull ")

taurus, for one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal performers in the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport of bull-fighting '(q.v.) .

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