Associations to the word «Conquistador»

Wiktionary

CONQUISTADOR, noun. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs

Dictionary definition

CONQUISTADOR, noun. An adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats