conqueror
noun
con·quer·or
ˈkäŋ-kər-ər 
plural conquerors
: one who conquers : one who wins a country in war, subdues or subjugates a people, or overcomes an adversary
The year 1570 brought yet another conqueror, the Ottoman Empire.—
Alan Weisman
Alan WeismanIn Cleopatra … the Roman conqueror met his equal, at least for proud independence and clear-eyed ruthlessness.—Ingrid D. Rowland
Ingrid D. RowlandWilliam the Conqueror
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hailed as conqueror of the barbarian forces
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
With a conqueror’s gaze, Paris coolly weighs the situation.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
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Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
With a conqueror’s gaze, Paris coolly weighs the situation.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for conqueror
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“Conqueror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conqueror. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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