banderillero
noun
ban·de·ri·lle·ro
ˌban-də-(ˌ)rē(l)-ˈyer-(ˌ)ō 
plural banderilleros
: a person who thrusts in the banderillas in a bullfight
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Or Ernesto Sobrino, a Spanish bullfighter performing as a banderillero, one of the old men of the ring whose high-risk vocation is to make the bullfighter look good.
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Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2020
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“Banderillero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banderillero. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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