subduer
1
8.6
- noun
- /səbˈdjuːər/
:
dominador
- The subduer convinced the crowd to follow his vision for the future.
Examples
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In ancient times, a subduer would often lead armies to conquer new lands.
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The Spirit Subduer, it was called.
Fiction book (2002) -
By the early seventeenth century, the English had long taken it for granted that man (the species, but especially males) had to be an exploiter of land, a subduer of nature, in order to survive.
Academic text (1992) -
These games, forerunners of the mountaineers' games at the wedding ceremony, were meant to honor victorious young men—subduers, such as Apollo himself:
Academic text (1998) -
As a skilled negotiator, she became known as the subduer of difficult disputes.
Synonyms
21
8.4
A person who has great power and controls a country or people
11
8.6
A person who takes power illegally, often by force
1
7.4
A person or thing that has control over others
1
9.9
A person who conquers people by force and makes them obey
A person who tries to control others in a group
A person who beats others to win a contest or battle
Antonyms
How Dominant
- Offensive
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5.8
45
5.3
1
7.4
1
8.6
116
4.2
2
3.7
- Texting
19
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subduer comes from sub- 'under' and duce 'lead', the same root you see in words like produce and reduce. So a subduer is someone who 'leads under' others, in other words someone who brings people or forces under control.