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conquistador Definition

con·quis·ta·dor (kän kwis′tə dôr′, -kēs′-; käŋ--)

noun pl. -·dors′-dôrz′ or -·do′·res′-dôr′ēz′, -dôr′ās′; -dôrz′

any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico, Peru, or other parts of America in the 16th cent.

Etymology: Sp, conqueror < conquistar < pp. of VL *conquaerere: see conquer

conquistador Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • century: His successors, for instance the Spanish Conquistadors of the 16th century, entered a continent which he had believed was India.

Converse of subject

  • destroy: We went to Guatemala, where we saw the sacred cave underneath the Mayan citadel destroyed by the Conquistadors in the 1520s.

Adjective modifier

  • Spanish: Interesting facts The Spanish conquistadors brought guinea pigs to Europe from South America 400 years ago.
  • sexual: The image of Bond as the sexual conquistador belongs to the films.
  • early: Cortez and the early conquistadors brought tomatoes back to Europe in the early 16th century.

Preposition: in

  • century: Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century were the first people to discover potatoes and bring them to Europe.
conquistador Quotes

I am actually not at all a man of science† I am by temperament nothing but a conquistador, an adventurer.

—Freud, Sigmund