conquest

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   success in mastering something difficult

   the conquest of space

2. 2
   noun

   An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

   Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians

3. 3
   noun

   An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.

   Mankind's conquest of space

4. 4
   noun

   That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

   Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?

5. 5
   noun

   The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

   What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio

6. 6
   noun

   A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.

   And, crowning glory of the evening! a conquest was made, a conquest so sudden, so brilliant, and so obvious, that it was enough to give any fête at which it occurred the immortality of a season.

7. 7
   noun

   the act of conquering

8. 8
   noun

   an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

Etymology

From Middle English conquesten, from Middle French conquester, from Old French conquester, from Medieval Latin conquestō.