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novillero

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no⋅vi⋅lle⋅ro

  [noh-vee-air-oh, -vuhl-yair-oh; Sp. naw-vee-ye-raw, -lye-]
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–noun, plural -vi⋅lle⋅ros  [-vee-air-ohz, -vuhl-yair-ohz; Sp. -vee-ye-raws, -lye-] .
a young bullfighter who has not yet been named a matador.
Origin:
1920–25; < Sp, equiv. to novill(o) a fighting bull less than three years old (< L novellus; see novel 2 ) + -ero (< L -ārius -ary ); such bulls are typically fought by novice bullfighters
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no·vil·le·ro   (nō'vē-yě'rō)   
n.   pl. no·vil·le·ros
A bullfighter restricted by professional rules to engaging bulls less than four years of age.

[Spanish, from novillo, young bull; see novillada.]
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