Matador

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Matador is the Spanish word for killer.

A matador is the central bullfighter who must kill the bull.

Matador may also refer to:

Entertainment

Film and TV

• Matador (film) a 1986 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
• Matador (TV series), a Danish TV series
• The Matador, a 2005 film starring Pierce Brosnan

Music

• Matador (musical), a musical based on the story of El Cordobés
• Matador Records, a record label
• "Matador" (song) a song by Arctic Monkeys
• "Matador", a song by Garland Jeffreys
• "Matador", a song by Xmal Deutschland
• Matador (band), a New Wave band co-founded by Gudrun Gut

Comics

• Matador (Marvel Comics), a super-villain in the Marvel Comics universe
• Matador (Wildstorm Comics), a mini-series by Devin Grayson and Brian Stelfreeze

Literature

• Matador series, a series of science fiction novels by Steve Perry

People

• Lloyd Daley or Lloyd "Matador" Daley, a Jamaican electronic technician, sound system pioneer and reggae producer
• El Matador, an alter Ego of Tito Santana a former WWF Wrestler
• Luis Hernández (footballer) (born 1968) Mexican football player with the nick name "El Matador"
• Marcelo Salas (born 1974) Chilean football player with the nick name "El Matador"

Military

• MATADOR (weapon), an anti-armour missile system developed by Singapore and Israel
• MGM-1 Matador, one of the first cruise missiles ever introduced
• AEC Matador, a military vehicle used by the Allies during World War II
• AV-8S Matador, Spanish version of the AV-8A Harrier
• Operation Matador is the name of several military or intelligence plans
• Operation Matador (Iraq) is the most recent of the above mentioned

Other

• Matador (company), a Slovakia-based global tire producer
• FK Matador Púchov, a Slovak football club, sponsored by the tyre producer
• Matador (domino game)
• Matador Force Motors, an Indian light commercial vehicle
• AMC Matador, an automobile manufactured by American Motors Corporation
• Avid Matador, a 1990s 2D painting software on Silicon Graphics computers
• Carinthian Matadors Rugby Football Club, Rugby Club in Carinthia, Austria

See also

• "El Matador", a song by the Argentine group Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
• Los Matadores a fictional Mexican-American kid band from the TV show El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• Mattador, a rock band from Puerto Rico

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