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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; ME < L, equiv. to vic-, var. s. of vincere to conquer + -tor -tor

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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Word Origin & History

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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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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