Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: conqueror
IPA transcription: [k'ɑŋkɚɚ]
Pronunciations of conqueror
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: conqueror, vanquisher
    Meaning: someone who is victorious by force of arms
Usage examples
  • A code has been written,--the pride of a conqueror, and the summary of ancient wisdom.
  • Of course--it was the name of Xerxes, the Persian Conqueror, corrupted by time into this--Cherkis.
  • Had he come hither, conducted by war alone, what would Edward have been worse than any other conqueror?
  • So he shut himself up in Castel Nuovo and gave permission to Gaeta and to Naples to treat with the conqueror.
  • But in the flush of victory wrath gave way to pity again, and the young conqueror is reported to have said, sadly and in tears:
  • In which battle Demetrius was the conqueror, although Alexander's mercenaries showed the greatest exploits, both in soul and body.
  • This great conqueror lived contemporaneously with Manasseh during whose reign Assyrian influence was paramount in the kingdom of Judah.
  • This cottage on the very edge of the old hunting grounds of William the Conqueror had never satisfied her ideal of a safe and pleasant place to settle down in.
  • I came over with the Conqueror; I am own cousin to Charles Martel, Orlando Furioso, Philip Augustus, Peter the Cruel, and Frederick Barbarossa. I quarter the Royal Arms of Brentford in my coat.
  • It is true that Romanus was led after his capture to the tent of the Sultan, and laid prostrate before him, that, after the Turkish custom, the conqueror might place his foot on the neck of his vanquished foe.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zelda Fitzgerald, License CC BY-SA 4.0