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

This master of horsemanship and subduer of wild and even dangerous cattle, has been described in so many ways that a great difference of opinion exists as to what he was, and what he is.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by Cox, James

Beethoven," says Old Fogy, is "dramatic, powerful, a maker of storms, a subduer of tempests; but his speech is the speech of a self-centred egotist.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

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

Indra help thee in thy battles, proud subduer of mankind, Yama in the mightier duty, in the conquest of thy mind!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh