Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The member of a matador's cuadrilla who is responsible for placing the banderillas during a bullfight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bull-fighter who uses banderillas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who thrusts in the banderillas in bullfighting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun bullfighting A member of the
cuadrilla who sticks thebanderillas in the bull's neck.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A Spanish 'banderillero' reacts to a bull from Dolores Aguirre Ybarra ranch in the bullring during San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona northern Spain, Saturday July 10, 2010.
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A Spanish 'banderillero' reacts to a bull from Dolores Aguirre Ybarra ...
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AP Photo - A Spanish 'banderillero' reacts to a bull from Dolores Aguirre
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AP Photo - A Spanish 'banderillero' reacts to a bull from Dolores Aguirre
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But here again the season will have been before you with the glory of those corridas which you have still hoped not to witness but to turn from as an example to the natives before the first horse is disemboweled or the first bull slain, or even the first banderillero tossed over the barrier.
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Relieved of that burden I tap Hannah on the shoulder and explain what a banderillero does.
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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A banderillero was getting ready with two more darts.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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Relieved of that burden I tap Hannah on the shoulder and explain what a banderillero does.
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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But the toro was too quick, and with his left cornupeta caught the The Spaniard 27 banderillero in the seat of the pants, lending him an additional impulse that carried him clear over the tablas, landing him uninjured in the tendidas, where he looked up in surprise to find himself seated among the spectators, who applauded loudly.
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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I learned later that just about the time Mrs Evans and I reached this point in our conversation at the ranch, Veneno, in his room at the House of Tile, was on the telephone to a friend of his, the great banderillero Rolleri, now manager of the ring at San Luis Potosi:
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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