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conquistador
[
kon-
kwis
-t
uh
-dawr
,
kong-
;
Sp.
kawng-kees-tah-
th
aw
r
]
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con·quis·ta·dor
/
kɒnˈkwɪs
təˌdɔr
,
kɒŋ-
;
Sp.
kɔŋˌkis
tɑˈðɔr
/
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[
kon-
kwis
-t
uh
-dawr
,
kong-
;
Sp.
kawng-kees-tah-
th
aw
r
]
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noun,
plural
-dors,
Spanish
-do·res
/
-ˈðɔ
rɛs
/
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[
-
th
aw
-
r
es
]
Show IPA
.
one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
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1540–50;
<
Spanish
equivalent to
conquist
(
ar
) to conquer (
see
conquest
) +
-ador
-ator
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World English Dictionary
conquistador
(kɒnˈkwɪstəˌdɔː,
Spanish
konkistaˈðor)
—
n
,
pl
-dors
,
-dores
an adventurer or conqueror, esp one of the Spanish conquerors of the New World in the 16th century
[C19: from Spanish, from
conquistar
to conquer; see
conquest
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
conquistador
1830, from Sp. conquistador, lit. "conqueror," noun of action from conquistar "to conquer," from V.L. conquistare, from L. conquistus, pp. of conquirere "to seek for" (see
conquer
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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