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banderillero

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ban⋅de⋅ril⋅le⋅ro

[ban-duh-ree-air-oh, -reel-yair-; Sp. bahn-de-ree-lye-raw, -ye-]
–noun, plural -ril⋅le⋅ros [-ree-air-ohz, -reel-yair-; Sp. -ree-lye-raws, -ye-] .
a matador's assistant who sticks the banderillas into the bull.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Sp, equiv. to banderill(a) banderilla + -ero -ary
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ban·de·ril·le·ro   (bān'də-rē-âr'ō, -rēl-yâr'ō)   
n.   pl. ban·de·ril·le·ros
The member of a matador's cuadrilla who is responsible for placing the banderillas during a bullfight.

[Spanish, from banderilla, banderilla; see banderilla.]
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