victor
pronunciation
How to pronounce victor in British English:
UK [ˈvɪktə(r)]
How to pronounce victor in American English:
US [ˈvɪktər]
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- Noun:
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- the contestant who wins the contest
Word Origin
- victor (n.)
- mid-14c., from Anglo-French, Old French victor "conqueror," and directly from Latin victorem (nominative victor) "a conqueror," agent noun from past participle stem of vincere "to conquer, overcome, defeat," from PIE root *weik- (5) "to fight, conquer" (cognates: Lithuanian apveikiu "to subdue, overcome," Old Church Slavonic veku "strength, power, age," Old Norse vigr "able in battle," Old English wigan "fight," Welsh gwych "brave, energetic," Old Irish fichim "I fight," second element in Celtic Ordovices "those who fight with hammers"). Fem. formations include victrice (late 14c.), victress (c. 1600), victrix (1650s).
Example
- 1. Mr modi may emerge anyway as the victor within his party .
- 2. Yet it 's by no means clear that china was the victor .
- 3. More notably , san francisco , which adopted the system back in 2004 , will hold its first mayoral election in which the system is likely to decide the winner ( since the victor last time ran almost unopposed ) .
- 4. The " victor " in this struggle might be the one afflicted second by inflation .
- 5. Even greater problems await the victor , who could have trouble establishing his or her legitimacy .