Meaning & use
Conquistadora
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A female conqueror, especially one of the Spanish or Portuguese conquerors of the Americas in the 16th century.
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Historians have written little about the conquistadora who accompanied several expeditions into the New World.
The statue was nicknamed 'La Conquistadora' after the region's legendary female conqueror.
A note on using this word
Conquistadora is the feminine form of 'conquistador,' from Spanish 'conquistar' (to conquer); the masculine form is far more common in English texts.
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