Etymology

conquestor

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Today it means: Someone who breaks into the conductor car in a subway and takes control of the train, as a hobby or prank. Full definition →

English conquest ← Middle English conquesten ← Middle French conquester
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conquestor · noun1

  1. Medieval Latinconquestō
  2. Old Frenchconquester
  3. Middle Frenchconquester
  4. Middle Englishconquesten
  5. Englishconquest
  6. English todayconquestor

From conquest + -or.

conquestor · noun2

  1. ['frm · borrowed fromconquesteur
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromconquesteur
  3. English todayconquestor

Borrowed from Middle French conquesteur. By surface analysis, conquest (“to conquer”) + -or.

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