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vic·tor       [vik-ter] Pronunciation Key
–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]
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Vic·tor       [vik-ter] Pronunciation Key
–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.
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Victor I
–noun
Saint, pope a.d. 189–198.
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Victor II
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(Gebhard) 1018–57, German ecclesiastic: pope 1055–57.
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Victor III
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(Dauferius) 1027–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1086–87.
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vic·tor       (vĭk'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
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 
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").

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victor

noun
1. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals 
2. the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner] [ant: also-ran

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Victor, IA (city, FIPS 80805) Location: 41.73091 N, 92.29442 W
Population (1990): 966 (423 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52347

Victor, ID (city, FIPS 84250) Location: 43.60375 N, 111.11329 W
Population (1990): 292 (144 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83455

Victor, MT Zip code(s): 59875

Victor, NY (village, FIPS 77376) Location: 42.98263 N, 77.41171 W
Population (1990): 2308 (850 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14564

Victor, WV Zip code(s): 25938

Victor, CO (city, FIPS 80865) Location: 38.70840 N, 105.14059 W
Population (1990): 258 (318 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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Victor

Vic"tor\, a. Victorious. "The victor Greeks." --Pope.

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