Antonyms for conquistador

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-kwis-tuh-dawr, kong-; Spanish kawng-kees-tah-th awr

Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkwɪs təˌdɔr, kɒŋ-; Spanish kɔŋˌkis tɑˈðɔr

loser

Definition of conquistador

Origin : 1830, from Spanish conquistador, literally "conqueror," noun of action from conquistar "to conquer," from Vulgar Latin conquistare, from Latin conquistus, past participle of conquirere "to seek for" (see conquer).

noun conqueror

Example sentences :

And now the time arrives when the star of the Conquistador is to wane and set.
Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

Fortune on this occasion favoured the Conquistador in a remarkable way.
Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

He was the conquistador out of date—the gold-seeker run to seed.
Extract from : « Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper » by Francisco de Quevedo

He is one of the conquistador type, who first lost his way in literature.
Extract from : « Paul Verlaine » by Stefan Zweig

So the Spanish conquistador may have looked who took the place in the sixteenth century.
Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell

After a considerable delay, Dias was sent out as “Conquistador” of the territory recently visited by him.
Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell » by Andrew Battell

I went to Mexico a conquistador, I left it a child of time, who had learned to smile; and I left some millions behind me, too.
Extract from : « The Weavers, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

The Conquistador's bones repose in the land which, with so much intrepidity and ruthlessness, he won for Spain.
Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert

Grown old, disgusted with life, and betrayed by fortune, the "conquistador" had no longer anything to expect from government.
Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne

The conquistador, in fact, was generally the active partner in an enterprise which was largely commercial.
Extract from : « South America » by W. H. Koebel

Synonyms for conquistador

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