banderillero
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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
Often from a cage, or from a netting hidden in the ornaments of a banderillero, came out birds, which joyously took up their flight.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
Ferrero, who was rated the best banderillero in Peru, first faced the bull.
From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
He leads his crew not of banderilleros and picadors, but of drink crafters and cooks through flawless passes to a demanding mob, his “domination of the bull.”
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Later, while dismounted picadors are getting over the fence, the capaderos engage the bull's attention until the coming of the banderilleros.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back of them were their people, and behind the banderilleros, back in the passageway and in the open space of the corral, I saw the picadors.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
A vague uneasiness had infected his adversaries; the picadors held aloof, the banderilleros skirmished at a safe distance.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret
There was a thunder of drums and the banderilleros came on, gorgeous in velvet, glittering in spangle and tinsel.
From Five Nights by Cross, Victoria
