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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"Qué picadores diablos!" they screeched to one another across the narrow ways.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
The actors in the bull-fights are of four classes: matadores, banderilleros, picadores, and chulos, their relative importance being in the order named.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
The picadores formed in front of him, each with a black or yellow poncha in his left hand, and poising his spear with the right.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
The fight being ended, the picadores and the rest of the troop withdrew to the little chapel, to return thanks for their escape.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
The three picadores also went to their posts, at equal distance from each other, near to the barrier.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
