Middle English Dictionary Entry
conquerǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | conquerǒur n. Also conquirǒur. |
| Etymology | OF conquerëor |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who wins a country, subjugates a people, or defeats an adversary; ~ king, victorious king; (b) used as a title of victorious rulers; William (the) Conquerour, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.633 : Þerl Terry and he Were skyred and maked fre þourȝ þe conquerur.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3916 : No man ne truste vp on hire fauour longe..Witnesse on alle thise conquerours stronge.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1027 : He took his hoost and hom he ryt anoon, With laurer crowned as a conquerour.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1286 : Forto ben a conquerour Of worldes good, which mai noght laste, Thou [Alexander] hiest evere aliche faste.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.893 : Mars, the Planete..doth mervailes Upon the fortune of batailes. The conquerours be daies olde Were unto this planete holde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24791 : King willam..þat conquerur was gode.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.23 : No conquerrour myȝte ateyne to lordship of al þis erþe.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)232/2 : It longithe to a conquerour king to set and to kepe good iustice in his reaumes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1501 : Quen þis conquirour comes, caire him agaynes.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)18 : Arches in Rome were many rered in worchip of conqwerouris aftyr her grete conquestis.
- (1460) RParl.5.376b : Kyng Herry the fourth toke uppon hym the Corone of Englond..as right enheriter to Kyng Herry the third, and not as a Conquerour.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)175/474 : I will..wyn the pryce with honour, And comon hom as conquerour.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)3 : Herkenyth, lordynges, & ȝeuyth lyst..Off a conquerour that was y-hote syr Charlemayne!
b
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)1013 : Sethe reignede a god gome, Edward his oune sone; He was icleped conquerour.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3863 : Iulius the conquerour, That wan al thoccident by land and see.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.423 : Þis Robert was kyng William þe Conquerour his eldest sone.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3 : Alisaundur þe conquerour.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.8 : Whan William conqueroure..Harald..slouh in stoure.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.86 : William þe Conquerour..Held with grete honour Normundie in fe.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)145/1 : Qwhen Alysaunder þe conquerour reyned and conquerde all þe werld.
2.
One who is victorious in combat or in any other contest; a victor, a triumphant leader; -- often used of Christ.
Associated quotations
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3285 : Hercules, the souereyn conquerour.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.14 : Cryst with his crosse, conqueroure of crystene.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)217/525 : Hayll! conquerour, hayll, most of myght!
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2505 : O roulond, the good conquerour And the noblyst warryour That euer-more schal be!
- 1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.ST (Croo:Craig)487 : The myghttyst conquerowre that eyuer walkid on ground!
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)318/7 : This is a Signe, thou would succour thy folke..and of the Devill be Conquerour.