Crossword-Solution: CONQUISTADOR
We have 14 clues for the answer “CONQUISTADOR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *Balboa, e.g. | 1 answer |
| A Spanish conqueror of Mexico or Peru in the sixteenth century | 1 answer |
| Hernando Cortez. | 1 answer |
| Spanish explorer who sought gold in the New World | 1 answer |
| Pizarro or Cortés | 1 answer |
| Sixteenth-century Spanish invader of Peru | 1 answer |
| Spanish soldier invading sixteenth-century Mexico and Peru | 1 answer |
| spanish adventurer | 1 answer |
| MACLEISH (Archibald), literary work of | 2 answers |
| Vanquisher | 2 answers |
| AZTEC FOE | 11 answers |
| Adventurer | 62 answers |
| fighter | 76 answers |
| ADVENTURE ___ | 84 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CONQUISTADOR (5)
The whole building, which, for all I know, may have been contrived by a Conquistador farmer of the pearl fishery three hundred years ago, is perfectly silent.
Allen Newman's figure of the Conquistador is full of spirit, and the bow-legged pirate is a triumph of humorous characterization.
Spanish doorway of Palaces of Food Products, Agriculture, Transportation and Mines, among most successfully illuminated portals on grounds; light pink walls in two shades, light blue vaulted ceiling, green edges; three arches; light green lattice work; dark shadows in niches of "Conquistador" and "Pirate." "Adventurous Bowman," profile view of group from entrance to Court of Four Seasons; outlined against blue-black sky; stars, in sky about it, mere points of light.
Look you, if you plant a bullet just below an Indian's navel, you will see him do a double somersault, which is more wonderful to behold than any circus performance you ever saw." Here was a man good to see, a descendant of the famous Don Fernando Cortez, conquistador, and molded on the lines of Pizarro, the wily conqueror of Peru, and he heartened our crew amazingly.
The Right Reverend Fathers of the Company appeared in 1560 with the Conquistador Paulo Dias de Novaes.
Quotes with CONQUISTADOR (2)
Juan Ponce de LeónOn April 2, 1513, according to legend while searching for the Fountain of Youth, Ponce de León discovered Florida. In actual fact, it was more likely that he was out seeking the gold that the Indians were always talking about. The Indians encouraged this sort of talk, in the high hopes of keeping the conquistadors away from them as far as possible. Returning to Spain in 1514, Ponce de León was recognized for his service to the crown and was knighted. Given h…
I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker. I am by temperament nothing but a conquistador — an adventurer, if you want it translated — with all the curiosity, daring, and tenacity characteristic of a man of this sort.
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1968–2010).