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banderillero

[ ban-duh-ree-air-oh, -reel-yair-; Spanish bahn-de-ree-lye-raw, -ye- ]

noun

plural banderilleros
  1. a matador's assistant who sticks the banderillas into the bull.


banderillero

/ -riːˈljɛərəʊ; ˌbændəriːˈɛərəʊ /

noun

  1. a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of banderillero1

Fist recorded in 1790–1800; from Spanish, equivalent to banderill(a) + -ero; banderilla, -ary
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He slips in telling statistics with the skill of a banderillero, using them always to secure a point and move his story forward.

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His older brother was with him as a banderillero, but he did not live in this hotel.

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As well as the matadors themselves, 16 of their assistants were injured - these include "picadors" on horseback, "banderilleros" on foot, and a sword page.

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A matador was mortally wounded in the Valencia ring that summer, a banderillero was trampled at the Escorial, and those favorite stabbers, Reverte and Bombita, were themselves stabbed by avenging horns.

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Austin could not tell her, for it was a thing he could never understand; but while the attendants were still flinging the black sombreros into the air another banderillero approached the bull.

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