Zorro

See also: zorro

English

Etymology

From Spanish zorro (“fox”).

Proper noun

Film poster of The Mark of Zorro.

Zorro

Fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.

Translations

Fictional character.

Chinese:
Mandarin: 佐羅 (zh), 佐罗 (zh) (Zuǒluó)
French: Zorro (fr)

Greek: Ζορό (Zoró)
Japanese: ゾロ (Zoro)
Korean: 조로 (ko) (Joro)

Noun

Zorro

A daring and mysterious avenger (after the fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley).
- 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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