matador

A bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull.

One of the highest trumps in certain card games.

In skat, every trump in unbroken sequence with The highest trump, if in the same player’s hand or on the same side as the highest trump. See skat.

A killer; specifically, the man appointed to kill the bull in bull-fights.

One of the three principal cards in the games of omber and quadrille.

In the game of solo, the spadella, manilla, or basta (which three are known as the higher matadors), and, if these are all obtained by one side, any one of all lower cards held in uninterrupted sequence in one hand: the latter are known as lower matadors.

The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador.

In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.

The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.

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.