conqueror

conqueror, n. [fr. Law French conquerir “to acquire”] Hist.

1. One who acquires territory by force during war with the intention of exercising sovereignty. See CONQUEST(1).

2. The first person who acquired land by purchase; one who first brought an estate into a family. See CONQUEST(2); PURCHASE(2).

conqueror, vb. [Latin] To complain. • Conqueror served as a declaratory statement in petitions, often by intro-ducing the complaint: Conqueror quod…. (“I complain that ….”).

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译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。