conquistador
noun
con·quis·ta·dor
kän-ˈkē-stə-ˌdȯr 
kən-,
also -ˈkwi-,
-ˈki-
plural conquistadores
(ˌ)kän-ˌkē-stə-ˈdȯr-ēz
-ˈdȯr-ˌās,
kən-;
(ˌ)kän-ˌkwi-,
-ˌki-
or conquistadors
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Cacao was imported to Europe by the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century.
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Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Over a quarter century later, Garza has compiled an online database with 1.1 million names from northeastern Mexico and Texas, and feels no need to distance himself from forebears who were conquistadors or slavers.
—Edward Rueda, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
In 1519, Hernán Cortés’s conquistadors chanced on Tlaxcala, in central Mexico, a republic run by a council that convened popular assemblies to deliberate about public affairs.
—Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
For one example, the blood of the Spaniards permeates modern Latin America; they were rightly called conquistadores.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Over a quarter century later, Garza has compiled an online database with 1.1 million names from northeastern Mexico and Texas, and feels no need to distance himself from forebears who were conquistadors or slavers.
—Edward Rueda, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
In 1519, Hernán Cortés’s conquistadors chanced on Tlaxcala, in central Mexico, a republic run by a council that convened popular assemblies to deliberate about public affairs.
—Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
For one example, the blood of the Spaniards permeates modern Latin America; they were rightly called conquistadores.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Conquistador.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conquistador. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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conquistador
noun
con·quis·ta·dor
kȯŋ-ˈkēs-tə-ˌdȯ(ə)r
kän-ˈk(w)is-,
kən-
plural conquistadores
kȯŋ-ˌkēs-tə-ˈdȯr-ēz
-ˈdȯr-ˌās;
-ˈdōr-;
kän-k(w)is-,
ˈkən-
or conquistadors
: a leader in the Spanish conquest of America in the 16th century
Etymology
Spanish, derived from Latin conquirere "to search for"
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