capeador

[kah-pee-uh-dawr, kah-pe-ah-thawr]

noun

plural

capeadors ,

plural

capeadores .

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of capeador¹

1905–10; < Spanish, equivalent to cape ( ar ) to bait with a cape (verbal derivative of capa cape ¹ ) + -ador -ator

Example Sentences

Was not the mounted capeador Juan Roca a brother of Luis Roca, the hat dealer?

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"There is your mounted capeador, your brave toreador," she says to Luis, "and they are all alike."

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But first a bugle call rang out, and into the ring came the mounted capeador.

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He inquired further of Ferrero, who in the ring was a banderillo—that is, one of the people who stick the decorated stakes in the bull's neck—possibly Señor Ferrero knew of a mounted capeador by the name of Juan Roca.

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Very much, sir,' and went on to tell Cogan that Juan, the best mounted capeador in all South America, was that very morning breaking in a new horse on the ranch of Don Vicente Guillen outside the city.

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