mat·a·dor 
(mătə-dôr′)
(mătə-dôr′)n.
1. A bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull.
2. Games One of the highest trumps in certain card games.
[Spanish, from matar, to kill, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, to beat senseless, perhaps from Latin mattus, stupefied; see MAT2.]