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Thesaurus: picador

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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  1. n. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives thefirst attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him withoutattempting to kill him.
  5. n:100 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