picador
noun
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
picadores
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pluralof picador.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The picadores tried him with no further success, until a waving of handkerchiefs was seen among the audience.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
When this was fairly secured, all fell back, and the picadores, mounted, and with their spears poised, took their places in the ring.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
Some of the picadores galloped out, but a few awaited the coming charge, their long pikes in rest.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
Rather than stand the assaults of these little picadores, much longer, I believe my crew would have run the gantlet of the whole Federal Navy.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
The bull-fighters themselves are of four grades: the espada or matador, the picadores, chulos, and banderilleros.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
