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

In the Odyssey special mention is made of the surpassing expertness of the Egyptian female leech, Polydamna, whose name signifies the subduer of many diseases.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

He was content to be surveyor, waggon-builder, blacksmith, subduer of beasts, man of infinite pluck, resource, and energy, for 30s. a week and rations!

From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

—Why does she not execrate me?—O the triumphant subduer!

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

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