capeador

[kah-pee-uh-dawr; Spanish kah-pe-ah-th awr]

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

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

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

Origin of capeador

1905–10; < Spanish, equivalent to cape(ar) to bait with a cape (verbal derivative of capa cape¹) + -ador -ator

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Related Words for capeador

toreador, picador, torero, banderillero, capeador

Examples from the Web for capeador

Historical Examples of capeador

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