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noun
Someone who breaks into the conductor car in a subway and takes control of the train, as a hobby or prank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-York-City
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noun
Synonym of conqueror
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: conqueror
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History
Etymology tree Medieval Latin conquestōlbor. Old French conquester Middle French conquesterbor. Middle English conquesten English conquest Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English conquestor From conquest + -or.
Borrowed from Middle French conquesteur. By surface analysis, conquest (“to conquer”) + -or.
