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Banderillero

noun
1.
The bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight.





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"Banderillero" Quotes from Famous Books



... cease to be heard; sometimes it was towards the brilliant chulos who passed before him like meteors, planting their banderillos in his body. Often from a cage, or from a netting hidden in the ornaments of a banderillero, came out birds, which joyously took up their flight. The first inventor of this strange and singular contrast could not certainly have had the intention to symbolize innocence without defense, rising above the horrors ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various


Words linked to "Banderillero" :   toreador, bullfighter


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