picador

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A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador

I saw the picador lance the bull.

{i} (Spanish) mounted man who pricks a bull in order to anger it before a bullfight
Bullfighting. A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador
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
a man in a bullfight who rides a horse, and annoys and weakens the bull by sticking a long spear into it
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