/pik"euh dawr'/ ; Sp. /pee'kah dhawrdd"/ , n. , pl. picadors , Sp. picadores /-dhaw"rddes/ .
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
[ 1790-1800; pic ( ar ) to prick (see PIQUE 1 ) + -ador -ator -ATOR ]