Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A conqueror, especially one of the 16th-century Spanish soldiers who defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Central America, or Peru.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A conqueror: applied to the conquerors of Spanish America.
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- noun A
conqueror , but especially one of theSpanish soldiers that invadedCentral andSouth America in the 16th century and defeated theIncas andAztecs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Justo Sierra, the turn-of-the century Mexican educator, said that "the grocer, not the conquistador, is the real Spanish father of Mexican society", succinctly summing up the tremendous importance of the dietary changes brought on by Spanish colonization.
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Justo Sierra, the turn-of-the century Mexican educator, said that "the grocer, not the conquistador, is the real Spanish father of Mexican society", succinctly summing up the tremendous importance of the dietary changes brought on by Spanish colonization.
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Justo Sierra, the turn-of-the century Mexican educator, said that "the grocer, not the conquistador, is the real Spanish father of Mexican society", succinctly summing up the tremendous importance of the dietary changes brought on by Spanish colonization.
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In his book, Milicia y descripción de Las Indias, which might be described as a conquistador's handbook, Vargas Machuca devotes a special chapter to the treatment of wounds and illness.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Fitzcarraldo, which concerns a so-called "conquistador of the useless" who wants to build an opera house in the Peruvian jungle and who orchestrates a boat being pulled across a mountain, he says: "You are talking so far in retrospect-that's three decades back."
Slate Magazine Leo Robson 2011
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Several of his officers had observed this to him, and especially Orgoños, who proposed that the two brothers of the "conquistador" should be put to death, and that
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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In finishing this portrait of the "conquistador," we shall quote the upright and veracious Bernal Diaz, with whose sentiments we fully agree.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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The man looked like a "conquistador" and the woman had "flowing red hair."
American Thinker 2009
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The man looked like a "conquistador" and the woman had "flowing red hair."
American Thinker 2009
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In addition to the expected terms, keywords targeted to the TV ads like "shoe circus," "conquistador" and
SearchViews Noah Mallin 2008
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