picador
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
Origin of picador
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How to use picador in a sentence
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Isabel Marant Lands at H&M; Burberry Breaks $1 Billion | The Fashion Beast Team | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLike a picador, he takes his time to sap the strength of his foes before clubbing them unconscious.
Vitali Klitschko Contemplates Bowing Out of the Ring and Entering Ukrainian Politics | Gordon Marino | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI had learned the metaphor, which stands for Andalusia, from my friend Francisco Sevilla, a well-known picador.
Carmen | Prosper MerimeeEyes are flashing, on faces a flush comes, a number of hats fly to the arena in honor of the picador.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories | Henryk SienkiewiczI saw two such examples in Madrid, after which came a hurricane of applause for the picador.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories | Henryk Sienkiewicz
When the bull withdraws, the picador advances, but only a few steps, so that the battle never takes place in the centre.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories | Henryk SienkiewiczSometimes they come to close quarters, a picador is thrown, his horse is wounded, or perhaps killed.
Things seen in Spain | C. Gasquoine Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for picador
/ (ˈpɪkəˌdɔː) /
bullfighting a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance in the early stages of a fight to goad and weaken it
Origin of picador
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