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banderillero
[ ban-duh-ree-air-oh, -reel-yair-; Spanish bahn-de-ree-lye-raw, -ye- ]
noun
- a matador's assistant who sticks the banderillas into the bull.
banderillero
/ -riːˈljɛərəʊ; ˌbændəriːˈɛərəʊ /
noun
- a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of banderillero1
Example Sentences
He slips in telling statistics with the skill of a banderillero, using them always to secure a point and move his story forward.
His older brother was with him as a banderillero, but he did not live in this hotel.
As well as the matadors themselves, 16 of their assistants were injured - these include "picadors" on horseback, "banderilleros" on foot, and a sword page.
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.
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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