conqueror
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɒŋkərər/
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conquistador
- About a year later, the Spanish conquerors were awed by the capital of Cusco.
- Spanish conquerors
- William the Conqueror
- conqueror and the conquered
England's new king, William the Conqueror, was himself descended from a Viking adventurer.
- England's new king, William the Conqueror, was himself descended from a Viking adventurer.
- And the Iranians, we're the Persians, the biggest conquerors of their, of their epoch.
- One is William the Conqueror after conquering England, he says that's nice.
- That's what got him crucified because they were expecting a a conqueror to overthrow their Roman oppressors.
- It's like, look, we are benefit, we benefit from the horrible murderous conquerors who who settled this country, right?
- They came not so much as conquerors, as military recruits, or as allies, or as refugees.
- Who was sort of the historical model for manliness and greatness and success and ambition is the greatest conqueror that ever lived.
- That there's so much of these great conquerors, there's so much murder that to us now would just seem insane.
- This is a quote from one of the conquerors.
- Yes, he wrote Mein Kampf, but many conquerors would be conquerors do not follow through on their threats.
Examples
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His remote ancestors, it seems, invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Spanish conquerors defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed its territory for their own.
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War goes on until the victory of the conquerors, until they get all they need.
Academic text (1995) -
And we must submit, the problem was that the conquerors could not agree on what those terms should be.
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But then came conquerors from the West, with metal swords, which made them invincible against the wooden weapons of the Mayans.
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The independent city-states survived until 2370 B.C.E., when the first external conqueror of the region, Sargon, established the Akkadian empire.
Academic text (1990) -
Historical records often highlight the achievements of famous conquerors like Alexander the Great.
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In ancient times, a conqueror often sought glory and riches through military campaigns.
Synonyms
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4.5
A person or group who enters a place by force to take control
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3.5
A person who wins a game, battle, or contest
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8.7
A person who defeats an enemy or opponent, often by force
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Etymology
Conqueror shares a root with quest and question; it comes from the Latin parts con- and quaerere, which mean 'together' and 'to seek'. So a conqueror is someone who goes on a kind of forceful 'quest' to gain and take control of land or power.