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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Spanish
Origin: Latin conquirere; CONQUER

conquistador

 noun
     
Related topics: History
con‧quis‧ta‧dor [countable]
SH one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 18th century
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