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🦸 Masked hero 🧑 A surname 🦊 A fox
Zorro

Zorro

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A family name that some people have
  • proper noun
  • /ˈzɔroʊ/
translation icon : Zorro
  • He smiled his crooked smile and thrust into Pablo's hand a business card that read: "Don Juan Zorro."
  • Juan Zorro
  • Hey, Zorro
  • named Zorro

Couple of just a couple of Zorro brothers out there stabbing each other, dude.

Examples

  • I learned that El Zorro was my ancestor.

  • You know, Zorro could be anyone at all.

    The Legend of Zorro (2005)

  • I thought you and Zorro were getting to know each other.

    Twitches (2005)

  • One cannot be too careful with this Zorro fellow running about.

    Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)

  • Some man named Zorro came by here.

    Frankenhooker (1990)

  • You better check it out with Zorro first.

    Frankenhooker (1990)

  • Hey, Zorro, feel like dancing with a princess?

    Twitches (2005)

  • Three dollars. Juan Zorro added the three bills to the stack in his hand.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Juan Zorro smiled his crooked smile.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Turns out the real Zorro is much cooler than Antonio Banderas.

Surface Forms

Zorro main

Etymology

Zorro as a family name comes from the Spanish zorro, 'fox', and was likely first used as a nickname for someone thought clever or sly. That's why you sometimes meet people whose surname or given name is Zorro.