noun
definition
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.
Examples of conquistador in a Sentence
The Spanish conquistador and his descendants have not been a blessing to the basin of the Orinoco.
The king ordered his conquistador to go to the smaller territory and conquer the land.
After completing his last few missions, the conquistador was famed for the amount of gold he had.
Puerto Rico's El Conquistador is serious about giving kids, as well as parents, an experience to remember.
Darius was no more a conquistador than Augustus.
The conquistador Ordaz found that, at its mouth, it was called the Uriaparia, this being the name of the cacique of the tribe there.
From the 9th to the 12th century Catalan spread farther and farther within the limits of Catalonia, properly so called; in 1229 it was brought to Majorca by Jaime el Conquistador, and in 1238 the same sovereign carried it to Valencia also.
Bernal Diaz, the old " conquistador," has described the hideous aspect of the idols which Cortes destroyed, " idols in the shape of hideous dragons as big as calves," idols half in the form of men, half of dogs, and serpents which were worshipped as divine.