reconquest

noun

1. the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
2. the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
3. a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He’s another one of her conquests.
4. anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
5. the Conquest. Norman Conquest.

noun

1. the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory
2. a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won
3. the act or art of gaining a person’s compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality
4. a person, whose compliance, love, etc, has been won over by seduction or force of personality

noun

1. the Conquest See Norman Conquest
2. the Conquest Canadian the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763

n.

1540s, from Middle French reconqueste (16c., Modern French reconquête), cognate with Spanish reconquista; see re- + conquest.

n.

early 14c., a merged word from Old French conquest “acquisition” (Modern French conquêt), and Old French conqueste “conquest, acquisition” (Modern French conquête), both from past participle of conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (see conquer).