banderillero

Example Sentences

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When the bull first comes in he is played by banderillero and matador with capes.

From Time Magazine Archive

He began his career as a banderillero, became one of the best in the business, and then made the unusual transition to matador.

From Time Magazine Archive

His older brother was with him as a banderillero, but he did not live in this hotel.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

A banderillero now advances with a pair of the banderillas, or barbed darts, before mentioned.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

It takes years to make a good banderillero.

From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various