picadors

Variant of picador

picador definition

pica·dor (pik′ə dôr′; Sp pē′kä t̸hō̂r′)

noun pl. picadors -·dors′ or picadores -·do′·res (-t̸hō̂′res)

in bullfighting, any of the horsemen who weaken the neck muscles of the bull by pricking with a lance

Etymology: Sp < picar, to prick < VL *piccare < *piccus, for L picus, woodpecker: see pie

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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