subduer

Example Sentences

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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

And Elgiva, the enchantress, the worker of wonders, was hailed as Rowena, the mother of Wynde, the subduer of princes; yea, even of Chylde Wynde, the beloved, and the lord of Agitha the Beautiful.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

This new feat was ascribed to Attila himself, already too well known as the scourge of Europe and the subduer of so many German tribes.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

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)

Al'colomb, "subduer of hearts," daughter of Abou Aibou of Damascus, and sister of Ganem.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham