PICADOR

picador

(noun) the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

picador (plural picadors or picadores)

(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.

Anagrams

• caproid, carpoid, crapoid, parodic

Source: Wiktionary


Pic`a*dor", n. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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