William the Conqueror

noun

1. William I ( def 1 ).

William the Conqueror

noun

1. See William I

William the Conqueror

1. The duke of Normandy, a province of France , and the leader of the Norman Conquest of England . He defeated the English forces at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became the first Norman king of England.

Example Sentences

Immediately after this costly, hard-fought victory, the Anglo-Saxon king and his remaining, exhausted troops were compelled to hurry back south to face William of Normandy — soon to be William the Conqueror — at the Battle of Hastings.

From Washington Post

The first trace of it, is only found under William-the-Conqueror.

From Project Gutenberg

The tiredest traveller wouldn't ask for crushed ice to it, not with a solid William-the-Conqueror wall to lean against.

From Project Gutenberg