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conquistare
Latin · ancient
"to conquer"
to seek out thoroughly, to conquer, from com- (thoroughly) and quaerere (to seek)
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conquistador
Spanish · 1500s
"a Spanish conqueror of the Americas"
settled in Spanish for the soldiers and explorers who conquered the Americas
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conquistador
English · 1830s
"a Spanish conqueror, especially of the Americas"
adopted directly for the Spanish conquerors of the New World
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