conqueror

noun

con·​quer·​or ˈkäŋ-kər-ər 

plural conquerors

: one who conquers : one who wins a country in war, subdues or subjugates a people, or overcomes an adversary

The year 1570 brought yet another conqueror, the Ottoman Empire.

—Alan Weisman

In Cleopatra … the Roman conqueror met his equal, at least for proud independence and clear-eyed ruthlessness.

—Ingrid D. Rowland

William the Conqueror

Synonyms of conqueror

• winner
• victor
• vanquisher

Examples of conqueror in a Sentence

hailed as conqueror of the barbarian forces

Recent Examples on the Web

In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026

Babur’s family traced its lineage to both the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) on his father’s side and Chagatai, the second son of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, on his mother’s side. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026

In America, deconstructing our national mythology and recasting early Puritan settlers as bloodthirsty conquerors helped zero American Indians. —Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026

Visually, the Honcho leans more pit-bike than prairie conqueror. —New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above