Zorro

See also: zorro

English

Etymology

From Spanish zorro (“fox”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈzoɹoʊ/
  • (eastern US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈzɑɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Film poster of The Mark of Zorro.

Zorro

1. A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.

Translations

fictional character

• Arabic: زُورُو m (zūrū)
• Armenian: Զորո (Zoro)
• Belarusian: Зо́ра m (Zóra)
• Bulgarian: Зо́ро m (Zóro)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佐羅／佐罗 (zh) (Zuǒluó)

• Franco-Provençal: Zorrô m
• French: Zorro (fr) m
• Georgian: ზორო (zoro)
• German: Zorro m
• Greek: Ζορό (el) m (Zoró)
• Hebrew: זוֹרוֹ m (zóro)
• Japanese: ゾロ (Zoro)
• Korean: 조로 (ko) (Joro)
• Persian: زورو (zôrô)
• Russian: Зо́рро m (Zórro)
• Spanish: Zorro m
• Ukrainian: Зо́рро m (Zórro)

Noun

Zorro (plural Zorros)

1. 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.