noun
conquistador
an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)
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Every conquistador who sailed west expected gold, and most of them ended their days far from any of it.
History
The film follows one conquistador up a jungle river until the raft, the horses and the maps are all gone.
Movies
The cathedral sits on a temple platform a conquistador ordered leveled, and the older stones are still visible below.
Architecture
The novel is narrated by an aging conquistador who admits that most of his famous adventures were invented later.
Literature
The strategy game lets you send a conquistador inland, but every expedition costs more supplies than it brings back.
Gaming
The bronze conquistador in the main square has become a meeting point, and locals give directions by his horse.
Travel
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