conquistadors
- plural of conquistador.
Example Sentences
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Characterized as “myths,” for example, were the age-old beliefs that Native Americans mistook the conquistadors for gods, and that a mere handful of Spaniards toppled great empires with ease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Somewhat later, Spanish conquistadors followed Columbus across the Atlantic to conquer the Aztec and Incan empires, occupying significant parts of the Americas.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024
The new findings, published in the scientific journal Nature, call into question previous theories concerning the spread of syphilis by the Spanish conquistadors.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024
Across Mexico, hundreds of people take to the skies this way, spiraling gently to earth and preserving an Indigenous tradition that survived the Spanish conquistadors perhaps simply because it is jaw-dropping.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Her liberator who was first going to free her from her mother, then free Puerto Rico, and later they would both sail back to America like conquistadors in reverse.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
