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

"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)