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Synonyms for picador

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pik-uh-dawr; Spanish pee-kah-th awr
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪk əˌdɔr; Spanish ˌpi kɑˈðɔr

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Définition of picador

Origin :
  • 1797, from Spanish picador, literally "pricker," from picar "to pierce," from Vulgar Latin *piccare "to pierce" (see pike (n.2)). He pricks the bull with a lance to provoke it.
  • As in matador : noun bullfighter
  • As in bullfighter : noun matador
  • As in clown : noun joking person
Example sentences :
  • I asked Carmen how and why she had made the picador's acquaintance.
  • Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee
  • He flinches with the pain, and the picador skips out of danger.
  • Extract from : « A Horse's Tale » by Mark Twain
  • A dozen men rushed to the rescue and dragged the picador away.
  • Extract from : « On the Mexican Highlands » by William Seymour Edwards
  • The picador himself is not in great danger, for his trousers are armour plated.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
  • The picador received him on the point of his lance, and turned him off.
  • Extract from : « Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal » by Oliver Optic
  • It happens rarely that a picador can stop a bull at the point of a lance.
  • Extract from : « Lillian Morris, and Other Stories » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • The picador, pretending to be offended, finally walked up to the hack.
  • Extract from : « The Blood of the Arena » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • "I know thee, also," said the bandit with as much politeness as to the picador.
  • Extract from : « The Blood of the Arena » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • The picador was also raised up; he was removed between the arms of the chulos.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 » by Various
  • Pepe Illo, a famous Spanish picador, was wounded no less than twenty-six times, and finally killed by a bull.
  • Extract from : « History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics » by Maturin M. Ballou
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