tauricide rare.
(ˈtɔːrɪsaɪd)
[f. L. taur-us bull: see tauri- and -cide.]
a. A bull-slayer; a matador. b. The slaughter of a bull.
| 1845 E. Warburton Crescent & Cross I. ix. 169 Cambyses, the tauricide,..and the desert..have left little trouble to the tourist. 1852 Fraser's Mag. XLV. 536 The great tauricide still hesitated. 1882 Pall Mall G. 11 Sept. 2 If you kill him you are guilty of felony or tauricide. |