Zorro

proper noun

1. 1

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

noun

1. 1

   Any daring and mysterious avenger.

   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.

Forms

plural

Zorros