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vic·tor

   [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.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin, equivalent to vic-, variant stem of vincere to conquer + -tor -tor

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Vic·tor

   [vik-ter]
noun
1.
an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Jupiter, Mars, and Hercules.
2.
Military. the NATO name for a class of nuclear-powered Soviet attack submarines.
3.
a male given name.

Victor I

 
noun
Saint, pope a.d. 189–198.

Victor II

 
noun
(Gebhard), 1018–57, German ecclesiastic: pope 1055–57.

Victor III

 
noun
(Dauferius), 1027–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1086–87.
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victor (ˈvɪktə)
 
—n
1.  a.  a person, nation, etc, that has defeated an adversary in war, etc
 b.  (as modifier): the victor army
2.  the winner of any contest, conflict, or struggle
 
[C14: from Latin, from vincere to conquer]

Victor (ˈvɪktə)
 
—n
communications a code word for the letter v

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Word Origin & History

victor
mid-14c., from L. victorem (nom. victor) "a conqueror," agent noun from pp. stem of vincere "to conquer," from PIE base *weik- "to fight, conquer" (cf. Lith. apveikiu "to subdue, overcome," O.C.S. veku "strength, power, age," O.N. vigr "able in battle," O.E. wigan "fight," Welsh gwych "brave, energetic,"
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O.Ir. fichim "I fight," second element in Celt. Ordovices "those who fight with hammers").
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Idioms & Phrases

victor

see to the victor belong the spoils.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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