[Sp. conquistador, n. of action from conquistar: see CONQUEST v.] = CONQUEROR: used of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century.
1830. Scott, Demonol., i. 13. The honest conquestador owns, that he himself did not see this animating vision.
1872. Bates, Illust. Trav., IV. 230/2. The Conquistador … sailed in them across Tezcoco to the final assault on Tenochtitlan.
