capeador

American  

[kah-pee-uh-dawr, kah-pe-ah-thawr] / ˌkɑ pi əˈdɔr, kɑ pɛ ɑˈðɔr /

noun

plural

capeadors,

plural

capeadores

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

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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

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

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

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Once he put his head down he had eyes only for the red cape, and so long as the capeador handled his cape and himself with speed and skill, and no accident happened, he might count on getting safe away.

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