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PIZARRO
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• PIZARRO (noun)
The noun PIZARRO has 1 sense:
1. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
Familiarity information: PIZARRO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Francisco Pizarro; Pizarro
Instance hypernyms:
conquistador (an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century))
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