banderillero Hear it!

banderillero definition

ban·de·ril·lero (-rē lye′rō̂)

noun

the person whose task in a bullfight is to stick banderillas into the neck and shoulders of the bull

Etymology: Sp < banderilla

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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