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zorro

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɒɹəʊ
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈzoɹoʊ/
  • New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈzɑɹoʊ/
  • General-American: /ˈzoɹ.oʊ/
  • General-American: /ˈsoɹ.oʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: Z AO1 R OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any daring and mysterious avenger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Spanish zorro (“fox”).

Borrowed from Spanish zorro.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زُورُو (zūrū) — fictional character
  • Armenian: Զորո (Zoro) — fictional character
  • Belarusian: Зо́ра (Zóra) — fictional character
  • Bulgarian: Зо́ро (Zóro) — fictional character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佐羅 /佐罗 (Zuǒluó) — fictional character
  • Franco-Provençal: Zorrô — fictional character
  • French: Zorro — fictional character
  • Georgian: ზორო (zoro) — fictional character
  • German: Zorro — fictional character
  • Greek: Ζορό (Zoró) — fictional character
  • Hebrew: זוֹרוֹ (zóro) — fictional character
  • Japanese: ゾロ (Zoro) — fictional character
  • Korean: 조로 (Joro) — fictional character
  • Persian: زورو (zôrô) — fictional character
  • Russian: Зо́рро (Zórro) — fictional character
  • Spanish: Zorro — fictional character
  • Ukrainian: Зо́рро (Zórro) — fictional character