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banderillero

[ban-duh-ree-air-oh, -reel-yair-, bahn-de-ree-lye-raw, -ye-] / ˌbæn də riˈɛər oʊ, -rilˈjɛər-, ˌbɑn dɛ riˈljɛ rɔ, -ˈjɛ- /


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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

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

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

At last one gay-coloured stick—“half a pair”—hung from Vivillo's shoulders; twice and three times the attempt was made before the “pair” was complete; and the second banderillero succeeded no better.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

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

Their places, therefore, had to be taken by the banderilleros.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno

Torellas left the ring, and the banderilleros took possession.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)




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