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vanquisher

van·quish
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [vang-kwish, van-]
    • /ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn-/
    • /ˈvæŋkwɪʃə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vang-kwish, van-]
    • /ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn-/

Definitions of vanquisher word

  • verb with object vanquisher to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle. 1
  • verb with object vanquisher to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one's opponent in an argument. 1
  • verb with object vanquisher to overcome or overpower: He vanquished all his fears. 1

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Origin of vanquisher

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English vencuschen, venquisshen < Old French vencus past participle and venquis past tense of veintre < Latin vincere to overcome

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Parts of speech for Vanquisher

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

vanquisher popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

vanquisher usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for vanquisher

noun vanquisher

  • champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  • conqueror — The conquerors of a country or group of people are the people who have taken complete control of that country or group's land.
  • conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
  • defeater — to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
  • firsts — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.

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