Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bullfighter restricted by professional rules to engaging bulls less than four years of age.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the "novillero" lost his footing while facing the second bull and was knocked around the sand by the 848-pound (385-kilogramme) animal.
RIA Novosti 2010
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But the "novillero" lost his footing while facing the second bull and was knocked around the sand by the 385kg animal.
IOL: News 2010
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What comes next is the matador and he approaches with his tight-assed, pouter-pigeon walk, flaunting his coleto, the pigtail that is the professional mark of a torero who has taken his alternativa and is no longer a novillero.
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What comes next is the matador and he approaches with his tight-assed, pouter-pigeon walk, flaunting his coleto, the pigtail that is the professional mark of a torero who has taken his alternativa and is no longer a novillero.
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“A novillero,” I tell Hannah, “is an amateur who hopes one day to be confirmed as a matador.”
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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Her companion shook his head in disappointment, and once we were moving again I introduced myself and asked if he was a novillero, too.
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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“A novillero,” I tell Hannah, “is an amateur who hopes one day to be confirmed as a matador.”
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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Her companion shook his head in disappointment, and once we were moving again I introduced myself and asked if he was a novillero, too.
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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Dropping his real last name of Short because Mexicans couldn't pronounce it properly, he began to fight up along the border as a novillero.
Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997
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From Philadelphia, Fulton was working as a novillero, hoping someday to become a full-fledged matador.
Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997
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