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conqueror

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for conqueror.

Editorial note

Divide and conqueror, baby, divide and conqueror, thats what its all about.

Examples19
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Someone who conquers.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of conqueror gathered in one view.

noun

Someone who conquers.

noun

(England, dated) William the Conqueror.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for conqueror.

noun

Someone who conquers.

noun

(England, dated) William the Conqueror.

Example sentences

1

Divide and conqueror, baby, divide and conqueror, thats what its all about.

2

After the Vikings, England was conquered by the Normans by William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings.

3

You can do the divide and conqueror boys vs girls thing to distract the proles from the real purpose.

4

IE6 still has more market share than Opera, Safari, Chrome, and Conqueror combined...as measured amongst the population most likely to use alternative browsers.

5

The Harrowing of the North by William the Conqueror in the 11th century?

6

But for emacs + javascript extensibility, based on a Webkit render engine, conqueror does strike me as quite the poweruser / hacker's potential delight.

7

I've just finished Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi.

8

Then Quonkeror, Konceror, and Conqueror to complete the permutation group.

9

OR, maybe it's about being conquered or conqueror.

10

If you kill thousands, you're a conqueror.

11

I decided on Conqueror (because spelling things right should be done more often) and Konqueror (kbecause keverything kin KDE khas kextra kays kat kthe kstart).

12

While if you say that Mxyzptlk told you that William the Conqueror in 1072 liked to smoke Cuban cigars and eat macadamia nuts while watching Game of Thrones, then science still can't say if Mxyzptlk does or doesn't exist, but can show that such an event was ahistorical.

Quote examples

1

Misogynist patterns (man as conqueror, woman as defeated "slut") have been absorbed by men and women both.

2

He buys into the whole "divide and conqueror" thing WRT marketing defined age groups.

3

"They're used more as labels of pride and prejudice" Accurate, but also consider the idiom "divide and conqueror"

4

But "conqueror" may be a reference to Age of Discovery/Conquest [1], similar to "navigator" or "explorer".

Proper noun examples

1

Built into the legendary Iron Throne of Aegon the Conqueror, the game is a slot machine where the slots represent the 9 great Houses of Westeros.

2

Instead he gave me a blow by blow explanation of the delayed burial of William the Conqueror, his pet topic.

3

> Fear of Casualties > It is impossible to imagine William the Conqueror, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, or Patton focusing above all else on not losing soldiers....

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use conqueror in a sentence?

Divide and conqueror, baby, divide and conqueror, thats what its all about.

What does conqueror mean?

Someone who conquers.

What part of speech is conqueror?

conqueror is commonly used as noun.