picador
noun
- one of the pair of horsemen in a Spanish bullfight
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish picadorbor. English picador Borrowed from Spanish picador (“stinger”).
- A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
“I saw the picador lance the bull.”
“The bull roars with pain, and the banderillas toss about in the lacerated flesh, from which the blood pours in crimson streams. "Poor beast! what a shame," we think, and even then the order is given for the picador to attack the bull.”