conqueror

conquérant

Chef, armée ou pays qui remporte une guerre et prend le contrôle d’un autre territoire.

En anglais simple : A leader, army, or country that wins a war and takes control of another place.

• The conqueror entered the city.
• Foreign conquerors ruled the country for centuries.
• The army was welcomed as a conqueror rather than a liberator.

Comment l'utiliser : conqueror of something (He became the conqueror of a vast territory.)

Synonymes : vanquisher, subjugator

Expressions courantes : foreign conqueror, military conqueror, conqueror of something

vainqueur, conquérant

Personne qui réussit à battre un adversaire ou à surmonter une difficulté.

En anglais simple : Someone who successfully defeats an opponent or overcomes something difficult.

• He returned as the conqueror of his fears.
• The tournament winner faced last year's conqueror again.
• She was celebrated as a conqueror of difficult mountain peaks.

Comment l'utiliser : conqueror of someone/something (The champion faced her former conqueror in the final.)

Synonymes : victor, vanquisher

Expressions courantes : conqueror of something, mountain conqueror