picador

• Всадник на лошади в корриде, который использует пику, чтобы колоть быка, обычно в начале боя, чтобы раздразнить его и держать его голову низко.

A noun referring to a horseman in a bullfight who uses a lance to prick the bull, typically early in the fight, to goad it and keep its head low.

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

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   • The picador rode into the ring on a heavily padded horse.
   • With a precise thrust, the picador weakened the bull's neck muscles.
   • The crowd watched as the picador skillfully placed his lance.