trophy

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A prize or memento, such as a cup or plaque, received as a symbol of victory, especially in sports.
• noun A specimen or part, such as a lion's head, preserved as a token of a successful hunt.
• noun A memento, as of one's personal achievements.
• noun The spoils of war, dedicated in classical antiquity with an inscription to a deity and set up as a temporary monument on or near a battlefield, placed in an existing temple, or housed in a permanent, new structure.
• noun Architecture An ornamental marble carving or bronze casting depicting a group of weapons or armor placed upon a square or circular base.
• adjective Impressive or ostentatious so as to display one's wealth or status.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In antiquity, a monument or memorial in commemoration of a victory.
• noun Anything taken and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, or standards captured from an enemy.
• noun Something regarded as a memorial or evidence of victory; a prize.
• noun A memorial; a memento.
• noun An ornamental group of objects, such as weapons, memorials of the chase, or flags, arranged on a wall, or a symbolic or typical grouping of exhibits at an exposition or the like; also, in decoration, a representation of such a group. See trophy decoration, under decoration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
• noun The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.
• noun Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
• noun Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest.
• noun a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun tropæum
• noun An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
• noun An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed.
• noun Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
• noun criminology, by extension An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun something given as a token of victory
• noun an award for success in war or hunting