Word: hermoso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this case, the duke was Carlos Pérez Soane de Pino Hermoso (beautiful pine), a grandee of Spain. Don Carlos is the only Spanish blueblood who still pursues the medieval sport of bullfighting on horseback. He owns a breeding farm called El Monasterio, where he trains his own horses, raises his own fighting bulls. On Sunday afternoons there, breeders, toreros and aficionados pass the time drinking manzanilla and watching the duke work out on his bulls...
Roared the Duke of Pino Hermoso: "Never! There will be no marriage between my daughter and this mozo de espada [bullfighter's servant] as long as I am alive...
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