Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who defeats an adversary; the winner in a fight, battle, contest, or struggle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play the victor; exult.
- noun One who wins in a contest of any kind; one who vanquishes another in any struggle, especially in war; one who defeats an enemy in battle; a conqueror.
- noun One who ruins or destroys; a destroyer.
- noun Synonyms 1. Victor, Conqueror. A victor differs from a, conqueror inasmuchas the latter achieves a complete success and conquers his opponent perhaps after a scries of victories, while the victor is so called because of his success in a single or a particular contest, which may be otherwise barren of result to him. Victor is also applied to one who gains the day in a personal contest or competition, as in a race.
- Victorious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by at, rarely by of.
- noun R. & Poetic A destroyer.
- adjective Victorious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
winner in afight orcontest . - noun The letter V in the
ICAO spelling alphabet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- noun the contestant who wins the contest
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The suffix - tor (- sor), Fem. - trīx, denotes _the agent_; as, -- victor, victrīx, _victor_; dēfēnsor, _defender_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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In almost every case the victor is the person who physically won the altercation, and this person often enjoys the esteem and respect of onlookers.
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In almost every case the victor is the person who physically won the altercation, and this person often enjoys the esteem and respect of onlookers.
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It always takes two; the "ripped" and the "ripper", the "victim" and the "victor". (the victor is not such to the victim, but certainly to his friends and family!).
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It always takes two; the "ripped" and the "ripper", the "victim" and the "victor". (the victor is not such to the victim, but certainly to his friends and family!).
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The film was also a big step forward in the careers of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen (although I wish Romany Malco could find the same success), but the biggest victor is Apatow who transformed the brilliance of his television shows into two hours of comedy that finally brought the writer/director/producer the widespread respect and adulation he always deserved.
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If the victor is lucky, a seven-second highlight might appear somewhere in the evening news.
Ed Miliband draws first blood at PMQs Rafael Behr 2010
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It always takes two; the "ripped" and the "ripper", the "victim" and the "victor". (the victor is not such to the victim, but certainly to his friends and family!).
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It always takes two; the "ripped" and the "ripper", the "victim" and the "victor". (the victor is not such to the victim, but certainly to his friends and family!).
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It always takes two; the "ripped" and the "ripper", the "victim" and the "victor". (the victor is not such to the victim, but certainly to his friends and family!).
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