conquistador:

(plural: ‘conquistadors‘ or, less commonly, ‘conquistadores‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)

“Conquistador” in the Spanish language means ‘conqueror’ .

a conqueror (previous entry);

a Spanish conqueror (soldiers, army officers & explorers) of Mexico and Peru in 14–16th century,

conquistadors in a battle with the native S. Americans

e.g.

Francisco Pizarro González was the Spanish conquistador of the Inca Empire in South America.

History tells us that Spanish conquistadors were no less brutal than those ancient Roman and Turkish conquerors in killing innocent people including children and women, burning crops and dwellings, enslaving native people and even raping and enslaving woman!

It is interesting to find this name ‘conquistador’ in the names of several businesses — in hotel, fashion garments, food industries.

For an attractive and informative blog post on Spanish Conquistadors, please click here, for a short story of a conquistador, please click here, and for an interesting article that deals with the life of a conquistador in those days, please click here.  For an informative article on the duties of a past conquistador, please click here.

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