One who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback; a bullfighter.

A bullfighter whose task is to kill the bull by a sword thrust between the shoulder blades.

A (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot). Cf. toreador, n.

Bullfighting. A person mounted on horseback who goads the bull with a lance, aiming to pierce the neck muscles in order to reduce its strength.

A bullfighter who uses banderillas. Also figurative.

Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a mounted bullfighter who thrusts rejones (see rejon, n.).

A bull-slayer; a matador.

= matador, n. 3.

a torero considered as controlling his art and the actions of his picadors, and the responses of the bull.

Bullfighting. An assistant to a matador; = banderillero, n.

A picador.

A picador's lance; the sharp point of this. Also: a thrust made by a picador's lance.