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Synonyms for conquistador

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-kwis-tuh-dawr, kong-; Spanish kawng-kees-tah-th awr
Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkwɪs təˌdɔr, kɒŋ-; Spanish kɔŋˌkis tɑˈðɔr

Définition of conquistador

Origin :
  • 1830, from Spanish conquistador, literally "conqueror," noun of action from conquistar "to conquer," from Vulgar Latin conquistare, from Latin conquistus, past participle of conquirere "to seek for" (see conquer).
  • noun conqueror
Example sentences :
  • And now the time arrives when the star of the Conquistador is to wane and set.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • Fortune on this occasion favoured the Conquistador in a remarkable way.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • He was the conquistador out of date—the gold-seeker run to seed.
  • Extract from : « Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper » by Francisco de Quevedo
  • He is one of the conquistador type, who first lost his way in literature.
  • Extract from : « Paul Verlaine » by Stefan Zweig
  • So the Spanish conquistador may have looked who took the place in the sixteenth century.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • After a considerable delay, Dias was sent out as “Conquistador” of the territory recently visited by him.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell » by Andrew Battell
  • I went to Mexico a conquistador, I left it a child of time, who had learned to smile; and I left some millions behind me, too.
  • Extract from : « The Weavers, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • The Conquistador's bones repose in the land which, with so much intrepidity and ruthlessness, he won for Spain.
  • Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert
  • Grown old, disgusted with life, and betrayed by fortune, the "conquistador" had no longer anything to expect from government.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • The conquistador, in fact, was generally the active partner in an enterprise which was largely commercial.
  • Extract from : « South America » by W. H. Koebel

Antonyms for conquistador

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