1. A card game played with a deck of cards, typically involving the formation of sequences or melds; an early ancestor of the rummy family of games.
Usage: historical; usually plural or used as a mass noun; also spelled 'conquian'

Examples

• Conquians is believed to have originated in Mexico and spread throughout the Americas.
• The rules of conquians influenced the development of modern rummy games.
• Players of conquians aim to form valid combinations of cards before their opponents.
• Conquians was a popular pastime in the 19th century among card game enthusiasts.