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picador


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Picador  \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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  picador 
  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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