picador

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harlequin horseman mime jester wag bull matador comic fool comedian clown droll buffoon prankster toreador

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Antonyms

serious intellectual philosopher genius sad prodigy

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Hypernyms

horseman equestrian toreador bullfighter horseback rider

Anagrams

parodic caproid carpoid crapoid Picardo

Examples

I was out with the shirt on my back." in A Williams Burroughs Reader, ed. John Calder (London: Picador, 1982), p. 276. and the restaurant closed permanently. Source: Internet

Picador will publish the "unashamedly personal and intimate" third poetry collection by writer and performer Kate Tempest. Source: Internet

Jeremy Reed, 1994 Picador p.156 Lou Reed holding a gun during a 1977 photo shoot. Source: Internet

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue is published by Picador (£16.99). Source: Internet

Basham, A. L. (2005) The wonder that was India, Picador. Source: Internet

It talks about spy novels by Olen Steinhauer and Andrew Grant, and features a giveaway by Picador. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

picadill picadillo Picado pical picalilli picamar