capeador
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of capeador
1905–10; < Spanish, equivalent to cape ( ar ) to bait with a cape (verbal derivative of capa cape 1 ) + -ador -ator
Example Sentences
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"There is your mounted capeador, your brave toreador," she says to Luis, "and they are all alike."
From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
But first a bugle call rang out, and into the ring came the mounted capeador.
From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
Was not the mounted capeador Juan Roca a brother of Luis Roca, the hat dealer?
From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
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