preconquest

American  

[pree-kon-kwest, -kong-] / priˈkɒn kwɛst, -ˈkɒŋ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.

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Etymology

Origin of preconquest

pre- + conquest

Example Sentences

Other documents, some of them of considerable general interest, are almost unknown, not only to students of ethnography, but also to many others concerned with preconquest and early colonial California.

From Project Gutenberg

The preconquest population per group must have reached at least 300 and very likely was much greater.

From Project Gutenberg

Through the generally hilly interior of Alameda and Contra Costa counties there are but two areas of sizable extent in which preconquest village sites occur with relative frequency.

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