Synonyms for conqueror


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kong-ker-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒŋ kər ər


Définition of conqueror

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French conquerour, Old French conquereor, from Old French conquerre (see conquer). Another early form was conquestor. William the Conqueror so called from early 12c. in Anglo-Latin: Guillelmus Magus id est conquæstor rex Anglorum.
  • noun champion
Example sentences :
  • So he just sat there, quivering, bleeding, battered—but a conqueror.
  • Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
  • Like the tomb of William the Conqueror at Caen, it disappeared long ago.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • She was not a conqueror of nations or a distributor of crowns, but a giver of alms.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • What difference is there between the figure of the conqueror and that of the pirate?
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • This is not recorded in history: the conqueror of Percy is unknown.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Love and Duty fought for the mastery of her pure Soul: and Duty was the conqueror.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The conqueror, in this fourth capture of the city, acted mildly.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • When the time comes, there is one conqueror I've got on my list!
  • Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
  • No longer did he look like one of the natives, he looked like a conqueror.
  • Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
  • Here is the old territory of Philip of Macedon, the father of the conqueror.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Antonyms for conqueror

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