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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. |
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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| vic·tor (vĭk'tər) n. One who defeats an adversary; the winner in a fight, battle, contest, or struggle. [Middle English, from Old French victeur, from Latin victor, from victus, past participle of vincere, to conquer; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Victor
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.Victor
Vic"tor\, a. Victorious. "The victor Greeks." --Pope.
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Language Translation for : victor
Spanish:
vencedor, ganador,
German:
der, *die Sieger(in),
Japanese:
勝者
victor
c.1340, 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," O.Ir. fichim "I fight," second element in Celt. Ordovices "those who fight with hammers").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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victor
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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