capeador

ca·pe·a·dor

[kah-pee-uh-dawr; Spanish kah-pe-ah-thawr]
noun, plural ca·pe·a·dors Spanish, ca·pe·a·do·res [kah-pe-ah-thaw-res] .
a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.

Origin:
1905–10; < Spanish, equivalent to cape(ar) to bait with a cape (verbal derivative of capa cape1) + -ador -ator

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