picador

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Spanish picador (“stinger”).

I asked Carmen how and why she had made the picador’s acquaintance. — Carmen, Prosper Mérimée
The three matadors take the bull in turn after each charge he makes at a picador. — The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
Twenty glittering, spangled espadas marched with elastic steps into the ring, followed by the yellow-trousered picadors on their sorry horses. — The Car of Destiny, C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

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