Picador

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Picador \Pic`a*dor"\, n. [Sp.]
     A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives
     the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him
     without attempting to kill him.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  picador
       n : 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