Aficionado: someone who is passionate about bull-fighting (Spanish)

Apéritif: pre-dinner drink (French)

Cornada: horn (Spanish)

Corrida: running of the bulls (Spanish)

Encierro: the corralling of the bulls (Spanish)

Fine: type of brandy; fine à l'eau -- brandy with water (French)

Matador: bull-fighter (Spanish)

Muleta: scarlet cloth laid over a stick used to attract the attention of the bull (Spanish)

Patronne: head of a club (French)

Picador: horse-breaker, horse-trainer (Spanish)

Poule: pejorative slang for a woman, a "broad" (French)

V.A.D.: Voluntary Aid Detachment, or a nurse in the war

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