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victor
1[ vik-ter ]
noun
- a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
- a winner in any struggle or contest.
- a word used in communications to represent the letter V.
Victor
2[ vik-ter ]
noun
- an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Jupiter, Mars, and Hercules.
- 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.
- a male given name.
victor
1/ ˈvɪktə /
noun
- a person, nation, etc, that has defeated an adversary in war, etc
- ( as modifier )
the victor army
- the winner of any contest, conflict, or struggle
Victor
2/ ˈvɪktə /
noun
- communications a code word for the letter v
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of victor1
Idioms and Phrases
see to the victor belong the spoils .Example Sentences
Golden Ace was a shock 25-1 winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham after previous victors Constitution Hill and State Man fell.
Back in 2015, he was part of the side also dismissed cheaply before their opponents cantered home - New Zealand the victors on that occasion in Wellington.
The championship runs from the start of May to the end of April with the victor being the jockey who rides the most winners in that period.
Covering the knee is the head of a goddess, the brow above her two wide-open eyes adorned with a victor’s wreath.
Now, it's important to distinguish his belief that "to the victor belongs the spoils" in the imperialist context from a "spoils system" in the domestic context, which he also believes in.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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