picador

pic·a·dor  (pk-dôr, pkä-dôr)

n. pl. pic·a·dors or pic·a·do·res (pkä-drs)

A horseman in a bullfight who lances the bull's neck muscles so that it will tend to keep its head low for the later stages of the fight.

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[Spanish, from picar, to prick; see picaro.]

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picador

Noun

Bullfighting a horseman who wounds the bull with a lance to weaken it [Spanish]

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picador

a mounted bullfighter who jabs the bull between the shoulders with a lance to enrage it.

See also: Bulls and Bullfighting

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

picador - 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 bullfighter, toreador - someone who fights bulls equestrian, horseback rider, horseman - a man skilled in equitation