noun, masculine/mataˈdoɾ/plural: matadores
a slaughterer, a killer; matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event
Synonyms: asesino, diestro
By surface analysis, matar (“kill”) + -dor (agent suffix). May correspond to Latin mactātōrem (“slayer, killer, slaughterer”), but the origin of the base verb matar is disputed.