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

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)

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.

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