tauromachian

tauromachian

English

Etymology

See tauromachy.

Adjective

tauromachian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to bullfighting.
   • 1968, Pierre Leveque, The Greek Adventure, page 33:

     The bull was also a sacred animal, hence the innumerable tauromachian representations on large frescoes or in the minor arts […]

Noun

tauromachian (plural tauromachians)

1. A bullfighter.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tauromachian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)