subduer
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Once again the goal derived from a Barton corner which was eventually headed on for Mike Williamson – the earlier subduer of Carew – to nudge down into Carroll's path.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2010
Pompey, great general and great statesman, conqueror in Spain, subduer of Spartacus and the Gladiators, destroyer of pirates and final victor over Mithridates, comes back and lives as a simple citizen.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Under the old Roman system, as we have seen, the city was the important unit: Rome was a subduer and an upbuilder of cities.
From The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. by Williams, William Klapp
Sinopean, to begin with, I was a king; king of all Caria, ruler of many Lydians, subduer of islands, conqueror of well-nigh the whole of Ionia, even to the borders of Miletus.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
It is a refiner, a cultivator, a subduer of coarseness, barbarity, rudeness.
