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picador
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun picador has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
picador, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
picador, n. a mounted man with a lance who goads the bull in a bullfight.
Etymology
Sp. f. picar prick
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