VICTOR

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A destroyer. [R. & Poetic] There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. Pope.

3.
a.

Victorious. "The victor Greeks." Pope.


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