name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈkɑŋˌkɚ.ɚ/
General-American:/ˈkɔnˌkɚ.ɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒŋˌkə.ɹə/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈkɔŋˌkəɹə/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
William the Conqueror.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who conquers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
someone who is victorious by force of arms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vanquisher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: victor, master, superior
Narrower terms: subjugator, Alexander, Alexander the Great
History
Etymology
From Middle English conquerour, from Old French conquereor, from conquerre. By surface analysis, conquer + -or.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
veroweraar
— someone who conquers
Arabic:
غَازٍ
(ḡāzin)
— someone who conquers
Armenian:
նվաճող
(nvačoġ)
— someone who conquers
Azerbaijani:
fateh
— someone who conquers
Belarusian:
заваёўнік
(zavajównik)
— someone who conquers
Belarusian:
заваёўніца
(zavajównica)
— someone who conquers
Bulgarian:
завоева́тел
(zavoevátel)
— someone who conquers
Catalan:
conqueridor
— someone who conquers
Chinese Mandarin:
佔領者 /占领者
(zhànlǐngzhě)
— someone who conquers
Chinese Mandarin:
征服者
(zhēngfúzhě)
— someone who conquers
Czech:
dobyvatel
— someone who conquers
Dutch:
overwinnaar
— someone who conquers
Dutch:
veroveraar
— someone who conquers
Esperanto:
konkeranto
— someone who conquers
Esperanto:
konkerinto
— someone who conquers
Extremaduran:
conquistaol
— someone who conquers
Finnish:
valloittaja
— someone who conquers
French:
conquérant
— someone who conquers
French:
conquérante
— someone who conquers
Friulian:
concuistadôr
— someone who conquers
Galician:
conqueridor
— someone who conquers
Galician:
conqueredor
— someone who conquers
German:
Eroberer
— someone who conquers
German:
Erobererin
— someone who conquers
German:
Bezwinger
— someone who conquers
German:
Bezwingerin
— someone who conquers
Greek:
κατακτητής
(kataktitís)
— someone who conquers
Greek:
κατακτήτρια
(kataktítria)
— someone who conquers
Hindi:
विजेता
(vijetā)
— someone who conquers
Hungarian:
hódító
— someone who conquers
Indonesian:
pemenang
— someone who conquers
Italian:
conquistatore
— someone who conquers
Japanese:
征服者
(seifukusha)
— someone who conquers
Kazakh:
жаулап алушы
(jaulap aluşy)
— someone who conquers
Korean:
정복자
(jeongbokja)
— someone who conquers
Latin:
dēbellātor
— someone who conquers
Latin:
victor
— someone who conquers
Latin:
superātor
— someone who conquers
Latvian:
uzvarētājs
— someone who conquers
Latvian:
iekarotājs
— someone who conquers
Māori:
kairaupatu
— someone who conquers
Middle English:
conquerour
— someone who conquers
Norman:
contchérant
— someone who conquers
Norwegian Bokmål:
erobrer
— someone who conquers
Norwegian Nynorsk:
erobrar
— someone who conquers
Polish:
zdobywca
— someone who conquers
Portuguese:
conquistador
— someone who conquers
Russian:
завоева́тель
(zavojevátelʹ)
— someone who conquers
Russian:
завоева́тельница
(zavojevátelʹnica)
— someone who conquers
Russian:
покори́тель
(pokorítelʹ)
— someone who conquers
Russian:
покори́тельница
(pokorítelʹnica)
— someone who conquers
Sanskrit:
दानु
(dānu)
— someone who conquers
Serbo-Croatian:
osvajač
— someone who conquers
Serbo-Croatian:
zavojevač
— someone who conquers
Serbo-Croatian:
savlađivač
— someone who conquers
Spanish:
conquistador
— someone who conquers
Swedish:
erövrare
— someone who conquers
Turkish:
fatih
— someone who conquers
Ukrainian:
завойо́вник
(zavojóvnyk)
— someone who conquers
Ukrainian:
завойо́вниця
(zavojóvnycja)
— someone who conquers