| Pronunciation: | | 'viktur
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- [n] a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- [n] the contestant who wins the contest
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| | Synonyms: | | master, superior, winner |
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| | Antonyms: | | also-ran, loser |
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| | See Also: | | battler, belligerent, combatant, conqueror, contestant, contestee, fighter, medalist, medallist, scrapper, upsetter, vanquisher, walloper |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Vic"tor\, n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to
vanquish, to conquer. See {Vanquish}.]
1. 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
art, rarely by of.
In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They
fly that wound, and they pursue that die. --Waller.
2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends,
And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
--Pope.
\Vic"tor\, a.
Victorious. ``The victor Greeks.'' --Pope.
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