"conquestor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: conquestors [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin conquestōlbor. Old French conquester Middle French conquesterbor. Middle English conquesten English conquest Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English conquestor From conquest + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|conquest&lt;id:conquer&gt;|-or&lt;id:-ator&gt;|id=subway|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Medieval Latin conquestōlbor. Old French conquester Middle French conquesterbor. Middle English conquesten English conquest Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English conquestor [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "conquestō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "conquester", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "conquester", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "conquesten", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conquest", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "-ator", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-our", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-or", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conquestor", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="subway" data-lang="en" data-title="conquestor" id="English:_subway"> From conquest + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} conquestor (plural conquestors)
  1. (New York City) Someone who breaks into the conductor car in a subway and takes control of the train, as a hobby or prank. Tags: New-York-City
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: conquestors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conquesteur. By surface analysis, conquest (“to conquer”) + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|frm:conquesteur&lt;ref:&lt;span class=&quot;cited-source&quot;&gt;“conquestor, n.”, in &lt;cite&gt;OED Online ⁠&lt;/cite&gt;, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.&lt;/span&gt;&gt;|id=conqueror|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "conquesteur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conquestor", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="conqueror" data-lang="en" data-title="conquestor" id="English:_conqueror"> Borrowed from Middle French conquesteur., {{surf|en|conquest&lt;t:to conquer&gt;|-or&lt;id:agent noun&gt;}} By surface analysis, conquest (“to conquer”) + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} conquestor (plural conquestors)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of conqueror Tags: obsolete Synonyms: conqueror [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} conquestor
  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of conquestō Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, passive, present, singular Form of: conquestō
    Sense id: en-conquestor-la-verb-2HJOSmC4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "These pranks were largely harmless to the train-riding masses, but the kids were the scourge of the MTA for months. (One MTA employee told me he and his co-workers can get written up for incorrect signage.) The agency posted the Conquestors' pictures all over the crew rooms and towers.",
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          "text": "Available online for between $2 to $10, a skeleton key, once artfully modified, will unlock nearly every cabin door in a New York City subway car. Once inside, conquestors film themselves futzing with the control panels or grabbing the mic to make announcements. Another two universal keys turn all of the trains on.",
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