banderillero

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

Austin could not tell her, for it was a thing he could never understand; but while the attendants were still flinging the black sombreros into the air another banderillero approached the bull.

From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss

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

In our estimation, he encounters far less risk than does the humblest of the banderilleros or chulos, who torment the bull face to face in the fullness of his physical strength and courage.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou

These refuges were little used, however, except by the underlings, the capadores, or by capsized picadores; espadas and banderilleros disdained them.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson