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  • noun Plural form of capeador.

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Examples

  • First come the three _matadors_, the eldest in the middle, the next on his right, and the youngest on the left; they are followed by their respective _cuadrillas_, the _banderilleros_, the _capeadors_, the

    The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia 1919

  • Standing now four feet away Torellas, to blind the charging bull as the capeadors had done, had to step close in.

    Wide Courses 1912

  • As they are flirted before his eyes, he tramples them under his hoofs, and the capeadors escape behind the bourladera, a partition six feet wide, placed in the arena at four places equally distant.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • "So far it was clever, neat work on the part of the capeadors, but nothing wonderful, nothing to match Juan's work on the horse.

    Wide Courses 1912

  • "And then into the ring came the capeadors on foot.

    Wide Courses 1912

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