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

Tiglath-Pileser, the powerful King; the subduer of hostile races; the conqueror of the whole circle of kings.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

This function properly belongs to Bel, both as the god of earth and as the subduer of Tiâmat.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Drake, Blake, Rodney, Jervis, Nelson, Collingwood; the subduer of Algiers beaten down for the French to occupy: and the defender of Acre, the first who defeated, discomfited, routed, broke, and threw into shameful flight, Bonaparte.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

Garūda, the Brahminy kite, the bird on which Vishnu rides, was the great subduer of snakes, and hence probably snake-charmers are called Garūdi.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)