conquest

1 the act of conquering [syn: conquering, subjection, subjugation]

2 success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"

3 an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone [syn: seduction]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy
2. overcoming of a weakness
3. a person whose affection has been won

Translations

wikt conquest Conquest may refer to:

History

• Spanish conquest of Yucatán
• Conquest of North America by Spain's Hernando de Soto
• Conquest of South America by Francisco Pizarro and Hernando de Soto
• Norman conquest of England
• Right of conquest, a former principle of international law

Film and Television

• Conquest (CBS), a CBS news program during the 1950s
• Conquest (documentary), a documentary series that appeared on the History Channel
• Conquest (1937 film), a 1937 film starring Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer
• Conquest (1983 film), directed by Lucio Fulci

Music

• Conquest (album), a 1980 album by rock band Uriah Heep
• Conquest (song), a Patti Page song, covered by The White Stripes
• Conquest (band), a Ukrainian power metal band

Gaming and related topics

• Conquest (board game), a strategy board game by Donald Benge
• Duell, a chess variant, called Conquest in the UK
• Conquest (game), a turn-based game playable via IRC
• Conquest (gametype), a gametype used in the Battlefield video game series
• Conquest: Frontier Wars, a real-time strategy computer game for the PC by Ubi Soft
• Civilization III: Conquests, an expansion for computer game Civilization III
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Others

• Conquest, New York, a town located in Cayuga County, New York
• Chrysler Conquest, a rebadged Mitsubishi Starion sports car
• Conquest Airlines, a defunct commuter airline
• Robert Conquest, a British historian
• Carnival Conquest, a cruise ship
• Conquest (comics), a Marvel Comics character

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