VANQUISHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vanquisher mean? 

• VANQUISHER (noun)
  The noun VANQUISHER has 1 sense:

1. someone who is victorious by force of arms

  Familiarity information: VANQUISHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VANQUISHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is victorious by force of arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conqueror; vanquisher

Hypernyms ("vanquisher" is a kind of...):

master; superior; victor (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vanquisher"):

subjugator (a conqueror who defeats and enslaves)

Instance hyponyms:

Alexander; Alexander the Great (king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC))

Derivation:

vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)