conqueror

See also: Conqueror

English

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Etymology

From Middle English conquerour, from Old French conquereor, from conquerre. By surface analysis, conquer +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋˌkɚ.ɚ/, /ˈkɔnˌkɚ.ɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋˌkə.ɹə/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɔŋˌkəɹə/
  • Hyphenation: con‧quer‧or
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Noun

conqueror (plural conquerors)

  1. Someone who conquers.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:
      They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force - nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
    • 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 2 September 2025:
      Croatia, England's World Cup semi-final conquerors in Moscow in July, looked set to inflict their curse once more and relegate Gareth Southgate's side from the elite group when Andrej Kramaric's twisting finish put them ahead via a deflection off Eric Dier after 57 minutes.

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Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin queror
Latin conqueror

    From con- + queror.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    conqueror (present infinitive conquerī, perfect active conquestus sum); third conjugation, deponent

    1. (ambitransitive) to complain
      Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemīscō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, plangō, fremō, plōrō, queror, fleō
      • 220 BCE – c. 130 BCE, Marcus Pacuvius, Tragedies tr7:
        conqueri fortunam adversam, non lamentari decet: id viri est officium, fletus muliebri ingenio additus
        It is proper to complain about adverse fortune, but not to bewail it. This is a man's duty: Weeping is characteristic of a woman's nature.
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 8.33:
        cum maxime conquereretur apud patres vim atque iniuriam dictatoris
        when he was complaining amongst the senators of the violence and wrongding of the dictator
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 9.147:
        conquerar, an sileam?
        Shall I complain? Or should I remain silent?
      • 354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Letters 33.8:
        ingressi sunt ad me idem ipsi, quos audieram de oppugnatione vetustae consuetudinis fuisse conquestos
        • 1930 translation by James Houston Baxter
          those same individuals came in to me who, as I had learned, had complained of my attack upon their long-established custom.

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of conqueror (third conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present conqueror conquereris,
    conquerere     		conqueritur conquerimur conqueriminī conqueruntur
    imperfect conquerēbar conquerēbāris,
    conquerēbāre     		conquerēbātur conquerēbāmur conquerēbāminī conquerēbantur
    future conquerar conquerēris,
    conquerēre     		conquerētur conquerēmur conquerēminī conquerentur
    perfect conquestus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect conquestus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect conquestus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present conquerar conquerāris,
    conquerāre     		conquerātur conquerāmur conquerāminī conquerantur
    imperfect conquererer conquererēris,
    conquererēre     		conquererētur conquererēmur conquererēminī conquererentur
    perfect conquestus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect conquestus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — conquerere — — conqueriminī —
    future — conqueritor conqueritor — — conqueruntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present conquerī — conquerēns —
    future conquestūrum esse — conquestūrus conquerendus,
    conquerundus
    perfect conquestum esse — conquestus —
    future perfect conquestum fore — — —
    perfect potential conquestūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    conquerendī conquerendō conquerendum conquerendō conquestum conquestū

    References

    • “conqueror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “conqueror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “conqueror”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re
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