victor
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- noun
- /ˈvɪktər/
- After a long and intense match, Maria was declared the victor of the tennis tournament.
- emerge as victors
- victors and vanquished
- to the victor go the spoils
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Watch on YouTubeThe victor's gain is the vanquished loss.
- The victor's gain is the vanquished loss.
- The headline here was that she was a victor.
- Well, this was this was being done by the sheriff as the as the victor.
- So it couldn't be just as simple as spoils go to the victor.
- And by the looks of it, because they have reached the edges of the battlefield, watching these soldiers fight, doesn't look like Reese Sand is going to be the victor this year.
- Let's assume for a second that Biden is declared the victor and passes all of these lawsuits and is inaugurated.
Examples
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Joe Louis emerged as the victor in what some consider to be the toughest win of his career.
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Congratulations to Drake, the victor of the donut challenge, Sir.
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And congratulations to the victor, to the winner.
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I was a part of both of those experiences and a victor in neither.
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There can be only one victor.
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And to the victor... the spoils!
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To the victor goes the spoils.
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But only after seeing Peter Eisenman's design did the jury declare the competition's victor.
Academic text (2012) -
You are the victor.
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Upon the war's quick conclusion in America's favor, to the victors went the spoils.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person or team that beats others in a competition
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A person who wins first place in a competition
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A person who takes control of a country by force
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A person chosen to receive a prize in a contest or lottery
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A person or thing that wins a prize in a contest
A person or team that beats another in a contest
A person who wins a great victory in a contest
An athlete who has won a championship
A person who beats others to win a contest or battle
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A person or company that creates powerful technology that causes dangerous problems
How Victorious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word victor comes from the Latin root vincere, which means 'to conquer', and it shares the same root as victory. So a victor is someone who wins or defeats others.