Standard Lemma guide

conqueror

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɑŋˌkɚ.ɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈkɔnˌkɚ.ɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋˌkə.ɹə/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔŋˌkəɹə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 NG K ER0 ER0 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
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