capeador

[ kah-pee-uh-dawr; Spanish kah-pe-ah-thawr ]

/ ˌkɑ pi əˈdɔr; Spanish kɑ pɛ ɑˈðɔr /

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noun, plural ca·pe·a·dors, Spanish ca·pe·a·do·res

[kah-pe-ah-thaw-res]. /kɑ pɛ ɑˈðɔ rɛs/.

a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.

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Origin of capeador

1905–10; <Spanish, equivalent to cape(ar) to bait with a cape (verbal derivative of capacape¹) + -ador-ator

I see how one puts under the eyes of another a bit of red cloth, treating him just as a capeador treats a bull.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories|Henryk Sienkiewicz
The opponent deceives him adroitly with motions of a cape, exactly again as the capeador does the bull.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories|Henryk Sienkiewicz
The capeador has sprung into the passage extending between the paling and the first row of seats.
Lillian Morris, and Other Stories|Henryk Sienkiewicz