"Zorro" meaning in English

See Zorro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzoɹoʊ/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈzɑɹoʊ/ [New-York-City, Philadelphia]
Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ Etymology: From Spanish zorro (“fox”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|zorro||fox}} Spanish zorro (“fox”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zorro
  1. A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley. Translations (fictional character): زُورُو (zūrū) [masculine] (Arabic), Զորո (Zoro) (Armenian), Зо́ра (Zóra) [masculine] (Belarusian), Зо́ро (Zóro) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 佐羅 /佐罗 (Zuǒluó) (Chinese Mandarin), Zorrô [masculine] (Franco-Provençal), Zorro [masculine] (French), ზორო (zoro) (Georgian), Zorro [masculine] (German), Ζορό (Zoró) [masculine] (Greek), זוֹרוֹ (zóro) [masculine] (Hebrew), ゾロ (Zoro) (Japanese), 조로 (Joro) (Korean), زورو (zôrô) (Persian), Зо́рро (Zórro) [masculine] (Russian), Zorro [masculine] (Spanish), Зо́рро (Zórro) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈzoɹoʊ/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈzɑɹoʊ/ [New-York-City, Philadelphia] Forms: Zorros [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ Etymology: From Spanish zorro (“fox”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|zorro||fox}} Spanish zorro (“fox”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Zorro (plural Zorros)
  1. Any daring and mysterious avenger.
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      "roman": "Zórro",
      "sense": "fictional character",
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      "word": "Зо́рро"
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      "word": "Зо́рро"
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          "ref": "1999, Kate Calloway, 6th sense: a Cassidy James mystery:",
          "text": "I told her about the Z found etched in Hector Peña's blood and my theory that the killer may indeed picture himself or herself as some kind of avenger, a modern-day Zorro with a twist.",
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          "ref": "2000, T Coraghessan Boyle, A Friend of the Earth:",
          "text": "[…] he made himself visible at certain crucial and dramatic moments, like a kind of Zorro of the ecodefense movement.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Bob Onan, Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology, Engineering And Faith Meet:",
          "text": "You are a real Zorro. You ride in, rescue the fair damsel (Maartje), start massive fires and vanish — until the next perceived injustice.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈzɑɹoʊ/",
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        "New-York-City",
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