Meaning of zorro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.
2. Any daring and mysterious avenger.
3. A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

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Examples

“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.”

“[…] he made himself visible at certain crucial and dramatic moments, like a kind of Zorro of the ecodefense movement.”

“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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