Zorro
See also: zorro
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈzoɹoʊ/
- (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈzɑɹoʊ/
Proper noun
editZorro
- A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.
Translations
editfictional character
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Noun
editZorro (plural Zorros)
- Any daring and mysterious avenger.
- 1999, Kate Calloway, 6th sense: a Cassidy James mystery:
- 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.
- 2000, T Coraghessan Boyle, A Friend of the Earth:
- […] he made himself visible at certain crucial and dramatic moments, like a kind of Zorro of the ecodefense movement.
- 2006, Bob Onan, Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology, Engineering And Faith Meet:
- You are a real Zorro. You ride in, rescue the fair damsel (Maartje), start massive fires and vanish — until the next perceived injustice.