Mat"a*dor (?), n. 1.
[Skat] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in
sequence with it, whether by the player or by his
adversaries.
2. 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.
{ Mat"a*dore, Mat"a*dor} (?),
n. [Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr.
matar to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill.]
1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the
bull in bullfights.
2. (Card Playing) 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.
When Lady Tricksey played a four,
You took it with a matadore.
Swift.
Mat"a*dor (?), n. 1.
[Skat] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in
sequence with it, whether by the player or by his
adversaries.
2. 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.
