victor

Noun
US[vik-ter]/ˈvɪktɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: mastersuperiorwinner

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)victors

  1. a combatant who is able to defeat rivalsSynonyms: mastersuperiorType of combatant, battlerKinds conqueror, vanquisher
  2. the contestant who wins the contestSynonyms: winnerOpposite also-ranType of contestantKinds contestee, medalist, walloper, upsetter

Related words win verb

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Translations

Noun The winner in a fight or contest

Spanish
vencedor
French
vainqueur
German
Sieger
Italian
vincitore
Turkish
galip
Arabic
فائز fāʔiz
Korean
승리자 seungnija

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Vic′tor noun

Origin: 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 at, rarely by of.

In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They fly that wound, and they pursue that die.— Edmund Waller

2. A destroyer. R. & Poetic

There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.— Alexander Pope
Vic′tor adjective

Victorious. “The victor Greeks.” Alexander Pope

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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