conquest

[ kon-kwest, kong- ]
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noun
  1. the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.

  2. the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.

  1. a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He's another one of her conquests.

  2. anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.

  3. the Conquest. Norman Conquest.

Origin of conquest

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English conqueste, from Anglo-French, Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin conquēsta (for Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere). See con-, quest

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1. See victory.

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Other words from conquest

  • post·con·quest, adjective
  • re·con·quest, noun
  • self-conquest, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for conquest (1 of 2)

conquest

/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory

  2. a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won

  1. the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality

  2. a person, whose compliance, love, etc, has been won over by seduction or force of personality

Origin of conquest

1
C13: from Old French conqueste, from Vulgar Latin conquēsta (unattested), from Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere to seek out, procure; see conquer

British Dictionary definitions for Conquest (2 of 2)

Conquest

/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /


noun
  1. the Conquest See Norman Conquest

  2. the Conquest Canadian the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763

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