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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

The second banderillero comes forward to plant his pair; a third is inserted and the trumpets sound for the final scene.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

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 Charles Dudley Warner

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

There was a thunder of drums and the banderilleros came on, gorgeous in velvet, glittering in spangle and tinsel.

From Five Nights by Victoria Cross

The picadors leave the ring and the banderilleros take their darts, about three feet long, gay with decorations of coloured paper.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham




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