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conquistador

DEFINITIONS OF: conquistador

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n an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)

Examples:
Hernando Cortes
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
Type of:
adventurer, explorer
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
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