novillero

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This was her signal to leave the arena, and leave the killing of the bull to the novillero assigned to her for that task.

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  1. noun A bullfighter restricted by professional rules to engaging bulls less than four years of age.

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  • This was her signal to leave the arena, and leave the killing of the bull to the novillero assigned to her for that task. —  The Moderate Voice
  • The novillero then entered the ring and performed the kill, as originally planned. —  The Moderate Voice
  • He started practicing at 13 and fought for the first time, as a novillero against smaller bulls, at 15. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • "Doggedly pursuing their agenda of destruction, they are deaf to pleas for mercy, and they care nothing about the suffering they cause as they rout and trample novillero, picador, and matador alike." —  pjorge.com Pedro Jorge Romero
  • Link Text: novillero-a-little-tradition. m p3 —  Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
 

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  1. Spanish, from novillo, young bull; see novillada.
 

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