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puntillero

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pun⋅til⋅le⋅ro

  [poon-tee-air-oh; Sp. poon-tee-lye-raw, -ye-]
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–noun, plural -til⋅le⋅ros  [-tee-air-ohz; Sp. -tee-lye-raws, -ye-] .
(in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
Origin:
1905–10; < Sp, equiv. to puntill(a) puntilla + -ero < L -ārius -ary
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