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
In the short distance from Gaza to southern Israel, they were transformed in little time from conquered to conqueror, victim to perpetrator, detainee to abductor.
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Others contend he was poisoned by his viceroy Antipater, while more modern conjectures propose the weary conqueror had picked up typhoid fever or meningitis or was done in by his over-use of the medicine hellebore, then prescribed as a purgative as well as for gout and signs of insanity.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Some species now naturalized in the United Kingdom, for example—from apples and asparagus to fallow deer and pheasants—arrived with Roman conquerors.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Others contend he was poisoned by his viceroy Antipater, while more modern conjectures propose the weary conqueror had picked up typhoid fever or meningitis or was done in by his over-use of the medicine hellebore, then prescribed as a purgative as well as for gout and signs of insanity.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Some species now naturalized in the United Kingdom, for example—from apples and asparagus to fallow deer and pheasants—arrived with Roman conquerors.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conqueror
Noun
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Grand Slam winners get a colorful Grand Slam Award sticker.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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The winner in that election will serve the final two years of Martyka's term.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s clearly a victor, however.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The victors, though, are most prominent.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 15 Oct. 2025.
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