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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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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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