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victor Definition

vic·tor (viktər)

noun

the winner in a battle, struggle, etc.

Etymology: ME < L < pp. of vincere, to conquer < IE base *weik-, vigorous or hostile display of force > OHG wic, battle, OE wigan, to fight

adjective

victorious

Victor Definition

Vic·tor (viktər)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Vic; fem. Victoria

Etymology: L: see victor

victor Synonyms

victor

n.

winner, vanquisher, conqueror, champion, prize winner.

victor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • emerge: Lynda emerged the victor in the PC election, beating Nathan Booth by just four votes.
  • esteem: Esteemed author victor were always the avoid a storm.
  • declare: I, being the eventual judge, am yet to be impressed enough with either side to declare an outright victor.
  • deserve: But our defensive frailties again reared their heads and Wolves ran out deserved 3-2 victors.

Converse of subject

  • write: The history of the war is always written by the victor.

Adjective modifier

  • renowned: Renowned author victor the air from each evening our dining room handsome.
  • eventual: The pair fought tooth and nail with Reid being the eventual victor, while Dixon recovered from a spin to take fifth.
  • worthy: Matt Davies, Damien Boyle and Ian and Gary Powell were the worthy victors.
  • ultimate: Death is the ultimate victor " Satanism is about reality.
  • overall: Hertfordshire narrowly won each of the four quarters running out overall victors by 33 to 26.
  • German: And, unless we capitulate without resistance to the will of the German victors, this peace will not come soon.

Modifies a noun

  • davis: For victor davis the great cruise a fee per.
  • hanson: On two nights victor davis hanson first treat was to walk the.

Noun used with modifier

  • author: Renowned author victor the renowned academic delay reserve your.

Possessives

  • crown: Anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.
  • justice: I would expect America to assert its conquest and apply victor's justice to the vanquished.

Preposition: in

  • battle: To the victor in the battle for the central part of the line went the spoils of electoral success.
  • election: Lynda emerged the victor in the PC election, beating Nathan Booth by just four votes.
  • war: Having tasted being a victor in war, it also knows the taste is not sweet.

Preposition: of

  • battle: My decision was made; the victor of the battle of the cloth won his trophy and my heart.
victor Quotes

Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.

—Gray,Thomas

   Den stolzen Sieger stu«  rzt sein eignes Glu«  ck. The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

—Schiaparelli, Elsa

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

—Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville