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Meaning of PICADOR

Pronunciation:  'piku`dor

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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
 
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 See Also: bullfighter, equestrian, horseback rider, horseman, toreador

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pic`a*dor"\, n. [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.
 

 

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