conqueror

See also: Conqueror

English

Alternative forms

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/
  • 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:
      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

From con- +‎ queror.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to complain, bewail, lament, deplore
    Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemīscō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, plangō, fremō, plōrō, queror, fleō

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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives conquerī conquestum esse conquestūrum esse — — —
participles conquerēns conquestus conquestūrus — — conquerendus,
conquerundus
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re
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