Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Conquest

(The). The accession of William I. to the crown of England. So called because his right depended on his conquest of Harold, the reigning king. (1066.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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