Category:Victor

Vic"tor, n. Etym: [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 art, rarely by of. In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; they fly that wound, And they pursue that die. Waller.

2. A destroyer. [r. & poetic] There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, and fame, this lord Of useless thousands ends. Pope.

Victor Vic"tor, a.

Defn: victorious. "the victor greeks." Pope.