picador
pronunciation
How to pronounce picador in British English:
UK ['pɪkədɔ:]
How to pronounce picador in American English:
US ['pɪkəˌdɔ]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- picador (n.)
- 1797, from Spanish picador, literally "pricker," from picar "to pierce," from Vulgar Latin *piccare "to pierce" (see pike (n.2)). He pricks the bull with a lance to provoke it.
Example
- 1. It will be published by picador in britain in january .
- 2. Patrick french 's biography of v.s. naipaul will be published by picador in march .
- 3. " This is beyond books , " said paul baggaley , publisher at rival firm picador . " It has become an event which is a phenomenon . "
- 4. In the month directly following the prize announcement , picador shipped more than 1 00000 copies of the 10 books written by mr. vargas llosa that it had in print , including one of his most popular titles , " the feast of the goat . "
- 5. Picador original is publishing the series , called the school of life , in the united states , macmillan in britain .