as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
hailed as conqueror of the barbarian forces
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Recent Examples of conqueror
Battle of the Champions will see seven returning Broth Belt winners heading back to their cauldrons to determine the ultimate kitchen conqueror.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Some as conquerors, some as Crusaders.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Where is the option to enjoy cannabis as a companion, not a conqueror?
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Some as conquerors, some as Crusaders.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Where is the option to enjoy cannabis as a companion, not a conqueror?
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conqueror
Noun
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Your winner is, of course, Jon Cooper, who helped engineer a late-season turnaround — particularly on defense — that has the Lightning looking, once again, like a real threat.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Seems to me like yet another history written by the victors.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the conflict last year was where Munir pitched himself or projected himself as the victor of that war.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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That included midfielder Mariona Caldentey, who returned to preseason training with Arsenal and had to face several of her English vanquishers, including captain Leah Williamson, Chloe Kelly, Beth Mead, Alessia Russo and Lotte Wubben-Moy.—
Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Conqueror.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conqueror. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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