banderillero

noun

ban·​de·​ri·​lle·​ro ˌban-də-(ˌ)rē(l)-ˈyer-(ˌ)ō 

plural banderilleros

: a person who thrusts in the banderillas in a bullfight

Examples of banderillero in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or Ernesto Sobrino, a Spanish bullfighter performing as a banderillero, one of the old men of the ring whose high-risk vocation is to make the bullfighter look good. —Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2020

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Spanish, from banderilla banderilla + -ero, going back to Latin -ārius -er entry 2

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above