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conquistadorial

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  • adjective of or pertaining to conquistadors
  • adjective conquering, subjugating, subduing

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Examples

  • Even the United States Congress bought into the myths and named a national holiday after a man whose behavior and actions still hold serious racist and brutal conquistadorial implications for the sensitivities of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

    The Columbus Myth 2007

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