as in winners
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
hailed as conqueror of the barbarian forces
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Recent Examples of conquerors
Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
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
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
The giant Brân the Blessed’s head, which spoke for many years after it was severed, lies buried under a white hill, on top of which the Norman conquerors built a fort, known to later generations as the White Tower, or just the Tower of London.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At the same time, the New World’s conquerors mocked the idea of humanity’s oneness, laying the foundation for race supremacy.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned.
—Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
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
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
The giant Brân the Blessed’s head, which spoke for many years after it was severed, lies buried under a white hill, on top of which the Norman conquerors built a fort, known to later generations as the White Tower, or just the Tower of London.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At the same time, the New World’s conquerors mocked the idea of humanity’s oneness, laying the foundation for race supremacy.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned.
—Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquerors
Noun
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In the event of multiple jackpot winners, the jackpot prize will be shared.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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While the other ten winners are premium, highly aged, and expensive expressions from Scotland, Ireland, and Japan, Evan Williams Bottled-In-Bond is a 100-proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon that routinely sits on the bottom shelf for around $20.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Leeds, 14th in the season-ending table, safe with three to play, FA Cup semi-finalists and Old Trafford victors, cannot rest on any laurels this summer.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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To the victors go the spoils, or in this case, to the victors go the closers (current and former), the slugger and the skipper.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
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