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Webster 1913 Edition

Picador

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Picˊa-dor′

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Noun.
[Sp.]
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.

Definition 2024

picador

picador

English

A picador in action.

Noun

picador ‎(plural picadors)

  1. (bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
    I saw the picador lance the bull.

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ka.dɔʁ/

Noun

picador m ‎(plural picadors)

  1. (bullfighting) picador

Spanish

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ador.

Noun

picador m ‎(plural picadores, feminine picadora)

  1. someone who stabs or wounds
  2. someone who cuts sugar-cane

Etymology

Spanish picador ‎(“stinger”)

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