PICADOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picador mean? 

• PICADOR (noun)
  The noun PICADOR has 1 sense:

1. the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low

  Familiarity information: PICADOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICADOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("picador" is a kind of...):

bullfighter; toreador (someone who fights bulls)

equestrian; horseback rider; horseman (a man skilled in equitation)