as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions
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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 -
The winner of this matchup earns the seventh playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The first volume recounts Akbar’s ancestors’ history, particularly the lineage from the Turkic conqueror Timur to Babur.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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“Subduer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subduer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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