preconquest

adjective

of or pertaining to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.

Origin:
pre- + conquest

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of or pertaining to the time before the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

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Preconquest is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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