SINCE 1828
postconquest
adjective
post·con·quest
| \ ˌpōst-ˈkän-ˌkwest
, -ˈkäŋ-; ˈ-käŋ-kwəst\
, -ˈkäŋ-; ˈ-käŋ-kwəst\
Definition of postconquest
: following a conquest
During the postconquest period from 1544 to 1638, when the Maya expelled the Spanish from most of Belize …— B. Bower
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