zorro

plural zorros

1. 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.

   Synonyms: raposa, South American fox

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

plural Zorros

1. Any daring and mysterious avenger.

   […] he made himself visible at certain crucial and dramatic moments, like a kind of Zorro of the ecodefense movement.

   2000, T Coraghessan Boyle, A Friend of the Earth

   2 more examples

   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.

   1999, Kate Calloway, 6th sense: a Cassidy James mystery

   You are a real Zorro. You ride in, rescue the fair damsel (Maartje), start massive fires and vanish — until the next perceived injustice.

   2006, Bob Onan, Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology, Engineering And Faith Meet