Saturday 21 September 2013

Conquerative

Conquerative: adjective. Describing something or someone that enjoys to conquer or often does so. This word has been used by famous historians, such as Edward Gibbon, to describe kingdoms or empires and people throughout history. Very often this word has been associated with the Roman empire, the Mongols and Napoleon Bonaparte. In recent years it has been used with people such as Dan Quayle and Greece.

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