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Picador

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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

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Picador

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noun
bullfighting
a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance in the early stages of a fight to goad and weaken it

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Picador

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nounWord forms: plural ˈpicaˌdors or Spanish ˈpicaˈdores (ˌpikɑˈðɔʀɛs; pēˌkäth^ōˈres)
in bullfighting, any of the horsemen who weaken the neck muscles of the bull by pricking with a lance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Picador

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n. pl. pic·a·dors or pic·a·do·res (pē′kä-dōrĕs)
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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