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victor

1

[ vik-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
  2. a winner in any struggle or contest.
  3. a word used in communications to represent the letter V.


Victor

2

[ vik-ter ]

noun

  1. an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Jupiter, Mars, and Hercules.
  2. Military. the NATO name for a class of high-speed, nuclear-powered submarines, designed to protect Soviet ships and to attack ballistic-missile submarines: first produced for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s; in service with the Russian Navy since 1992.
  3. a male given name.

victor

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

    1. a person, nation, etc, that has defeated an adversary in war, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      the victor army

  1. the winner of any contest, conflict, or struggle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Victor

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. communications a code word for the letter v
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of victor1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to vic-, past participle stem of vincere “to conquer” + -tor -tor
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of victor1

C14: from Latin, from vincere to conquer
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Idioms and Phrases

see to the victor belong the spoils .
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He also mocked his Democratic predecessor's mental agility and even how he appears in a swim suit, while continuing to insist he was the real victor of the 2020 election, which he lost.

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The victors renamed it city Ho Chi Minh, after the revolutionary father of North Vietnam.

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Convincing victor last year, having won the Irish National 12 months earlier, and could well be in the shake-up again.

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“When we look at the pictures, what we’re seeing are the people who believed they were going to be the victors,” she said.

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Golden Ace was a shock 25-1 winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham after previous victors Constitution Hill and State Man fell.

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