vanquisher

as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent a parade for the triumphal return of the empire's most celebrated vanquisher

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Recent Examples of vanquisher 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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Noun
  • Grand Slam winners get a colorful Grand Slam Award sticker.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Tony Award winner Doug Hughes will direct.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The American conquerors of Hawaii wanted this game banned.
    Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s clearly a victor, however.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The victors, though, are most prominent.
    Chad Jennings, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Vanquisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanquisher. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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