Noun

(en noun)

the capacity of someone to lead

a group of leaders

* {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation

, passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}

(dated) The office or status of a leader.

Noun

(en noun)

Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of an obstacle.

* Prescott

Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.

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That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

* Shakespeare

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?

(feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

(Blackstone)

(colloquial, figurative) A person with whom one has had sex.