subduer
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Once again the goal derived from a Barton corner which was eventually headed on for Mike Williamson – the earlier subduer of Carew – to nudge down into Carroll's path.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2010
Garūda, the Brahminy kite, the bird on which Vishnu rides, was the great subduer of snakes, and hence probably snake-charmers are called Garūdi.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Sinopean, to begin with, I was a king; king of all Caria, ruler of many Lydians, subduer of islands, conqueror of well-nigh the whole of Ionia, even to the borders of Miletus.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
This function properly belongs to Bel, both as the god of earth and as the subduer of Tiâmat.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Usurtasen III., in after times, was revered as the subduer of the Nubian land.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
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