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noun

Victor n.

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. "In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They fly that wound, and they pursue that die."

A destroyer. (R. & Poetic) "There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends."

adjective

Victor adj. Victorious. "The victor Greeks."

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Etymology of 'Victor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Victor" Quotes from Famous Books

... The victor's messengers and the conquered flags were received in Paris with shouts of rapture, and with a glowing enthusiasm for General Bonaparte. His name was on every tongue. In the streets and on the squares crowds gathered together to talk of the glorious news, and ...

— The Empress Josephine • Louise Muhlbach

... husband and wife, the woman was victor. The man grabbed his hat and rushed from the room, apparently determined upon a vengeful drunk. She followed to the door and thundered at him as he made his ...

— Maggie: A Girl of the Streets • Stephen Crane

... Charles is an historical tragedy, dealing with the last episode in the career of Victor II., first King of Sardinia. Browning says ...

— An Introduction to the Study of Browning • Arthur Symons

... pipe-clayed gentleman of great wisdom, with plenty of sulphur burning in the heart of him. The rest of his Letter is all in the Opposition strain (almost as if from his place in Parliament, only far briefer than is usual "within these walls"); and winds up with a glance at Victor Amadeus's strange feat, or rather at the Son's feat done upon Victor, over in Sardinia; preceded by this interjectionary sentence on a Prince ...

— History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VIII. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... there, I think no more of deadly lurks therein, Than in a clapper clapping in a garth, To scare the fowl from fruit: if more there be, If more and acted on, what follows? war; Your own work marred: for this your Academe, Whichever side be Victor, in the halloo Will topple to the trumpet down, and pass With all fair theories only made to gild A stormless summer.' 'Let the Princess judge Of that' she said: 'farewell, Sir—and to you. I shudder at the sequel, ...

— The Princess • Alfred Lord Tennyson

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