trophy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A cup, statue, or other object given as a prize for winning a competition.

   She lifted the trophy above her head after the final whistle.

2. 2
   noun

   An object kept as proof of success, especially in hunting or war.

   The set of antlers on the wall was his prized trophy.

Common collocations

• trophy case Noun + noun

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).

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