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conqueror

[kong-ker-er] / ˈkɒŋ kər ər /


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Spain's Rafael Jodar, 19, will be his quarter-final opponent, followed by Djokovic's conqueror Joao Fonseca, also 19, or 20-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik in the semi-finals.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Gilgamesh returns to his kingdom of Uruk not as a conqueror but as a witness: to loss, to limitation, to the fragile beauty of what cannot last.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The stylized tableau depicted Columbus as a noble conqueror: one hand raised to the horizon, the other lifting a veil from a globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025

But it seems more and more obvious that he's seriously entertaining fantasies of being some sort of world conqueror.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

Conquered, or conqueror, they all had one thing in common: they cultivated corn.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The ancient world had many kings and conquerors, but there was no one like Alexander the Great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He even hailed Britain's role in colonizing North America -- a controversial subject given the atrocities against native people by waves of European conquerors who crossed the Atlantic.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

In the 7th Century, as Arab conquerors swept across North Africa, they brought with them their language and the Islamic religion.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

The settlers of Australia, or more accurately, its conquerors, didn’t just adapt, they transformed the Australian ecosystem beyond recognition.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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