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victors

[vik-ter] Origin

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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Victors is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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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.
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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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