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Example sentences from the Web for conquistadores Not long after the Spanish conquistadores explored the region for gold, they began snatching Apaches and other natives as slaves.
The Bin Laden of His Day? A New Biography of Geronimo | Marc Wortman| December 5, 2012| DAILY BEAST
They hold their own before the descendants of the conquistadores , who conquered the New World only to be conquered by it.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 | Various
He had, indeed, created a form of civilisation, to which the conquistadores put brutally an end.
South America To-day | Georges Clemenceau
The Conquistadores describe it as a formidable state, bearing the name of a republic, of ancient origin and advanced civilization.
The reason for this lies in the zeal which the conquistadores displayed in the stamping out of the various pagan religions.
South America | W. H. Koebel
The Avocado was the name given by the Spanish conquistadores to the Persea gratissima, whose fruit is the “alligator pear.”
"Gombo Zhbes" | Lafcadio Hearn
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Words related to conquistadores winner, victor, vanquisher
[ (kong-kees-tuh-dawr -ays, kong-kees-tuh-dawr -eez) ]
The Spanish military leaders who established Spanish rule in the New World by overthrowing Native American governments. (See Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro.)
Words nearby conquistadores conquer, conqueror, conquest, conquian, conquistador, conquistadores , Conrad, Conrad I, Conrad II, Conrad III, Conrad IV
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