victor

¹

[ vik-ter ]

noun

1. a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
2. a winner in any struggle or contest.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter V.

Victor

²

[ vik-ter ]

noun

1. an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Jupiter, Mars, and Hercules.
2. Military. the NATO name for a class of high-speed, nuclear-powered submarines, designed to protect Soviet ships and to attack ballistic-missile submarines: first produced for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s; in service with the Russian Navy since 1992.
3. a male given name.

victor

¹

/ ˈvɪktə /

noun

1. 1. a person, nation, etc, that has defeated an adversary in war, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      the victor army

2. the winner of any contest, conflict, or struggle

Victor

²

/ ˈvɪktə /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter v

Word History and Origins

Origin of victor¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to vic-, past participle stem of vincere “to conquer” + -tor -tor

Word History and Origins

Origin of victor¹

C14: from Latin, from vincere to conquer

Idioms and Phrases

see to the victor belong the spoils .

Example Sentences

Stocks rose early on Wednesday following a long election night as investors continue to wait for a victor to be declared.

From Fortune

Victor said he does not believe the virus is a hoax and has seen projections that coronavirus cases will rise this winter, so now might be the only chance his son has to play for a while.

From Voice of San Diego

Even with practices only, Victor said the sport has been essential during this difficult time.

From Voice of San Diego

Next, I ran all 336,610 one-on-one matchups, awarding one victory to each victor.

From FiveThirtyEight

A traditional ad executive by background and pioneer of the sponsored content era, she pivoted to subscriptions and was the victor of a power shake-up that saw her emerge as the leader of the Times’ product and technology unit, too.

From Digiday

“He literally went underground to hold services,” Moscow-based dissident and journalist Victor Davidoff said in an email.

From The Daily Beast

A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother.

From The Daily Beast

Brother Victor had taught my brother, Jeff, the previous year with far greater success.

From The Daily Beast

The United States emerged as the true victor of World War I in every sense: militarily, economically and morally.

From The Daily Beast

He was the chief of staff of ousted Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych.

From The Daily Beast

Victor was the younger son and brother—a tete montee, with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break.

From Project Gutenberg

Victor was proud of his achievement, and went about recommending it and urging every one to partake of it to excess.

From Project Gutenberg

To add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.

From Project Gutenberg

Monsieur Farival thought that Victor should have been taken out in mid-ocean in his earliest youth and drowned.

From Project Gutenberg

Several persons were talking at once, and Victor's voice was predominating, even over that of his mother.

From Project Gutenberg