conquistadores
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təˌdɔr, kɒŋ-;
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conquistador (kɒnˈkwɪstəˌdɔː, Spanish konkistaˈðor) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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).
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conquistadores [(kong-kees-tuh-dawr-ays, kong-kees-tuh-dawr-eez)]The Spanish military leaders who established Spanish rule in the New World by overthrowing Native American governments. (See Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro.)
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Example sentences
Few things concentrate the minds of conquistadores more than the promise of gold.
They depict saints as well as grotesque-looking, devilish figures, conquistadores and bizarrely imaginative animals.
But the real cross-disciplinary conquistadores turn out not to be the geneticists after all.
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