banderilleros
- plural of banderillero.
Example Sentences
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He leads his crew not of banderilleros and picadors, but of drink crafters and cooks through flawless passes to a demanding mob, his “domination of the bull.”
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Later, while dismounted picadors are getting over the fence, the capaderos engage the bull's attention until the coming of the banderilleros.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back of them were their people, and behind the banderilleros, back in the passageway and in the open space of the corral, I saw the picadors.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
The beast seemed to understand that this man was different from the banderilleros who had previously tormented it, and backed away from him until he smote it lightly on the nostrils.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
A vague uneasiness had infected his adversaries; the picadors held aloof, the banderilleros skirmished at a safe distance.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret
