victor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈvɪktər/ UK /ˈvɪktə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who defeats an opponent; a winner

The exhausted victor raised the trophy above the cheering crowd.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who defeats an... winner champion conquerorvanquishermaster

Opposites

loser vanquished defeated

Word family

Derived forms victorious victory

Related forms victorious victory vanquish convince invincible

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Proverbs (1)

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To the victor go the spoils

Etymology

From Latin 'victor' ('conqueror'), agent noun from 'vincere' (past participle 'victus', 'to conquer, overcome').

victor Latin vincere Latin *weik- Proto-Indo-European

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# victor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɪktər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɪktə/

## Meanings
1. a person who defeats an opponent; a winner

## Examples
- The exhausted victor raised the trophy above the cheering crowd.

## Synonyms
- winner
- champion
- conqueror
- vanquisher
- master

## Antonyms
- loser
- vanquished
- defeated

## Derived Forms
- victorious
- victory

## Related Forms
- victorious
- victory
- vanquish
- convince
- invincible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: victor
- Root: vincere
- Root: *weik-

## Etymology
From Latin 'victor' ('conqueror'), agent noun from 'vincere' (past participle 'victus', 'to conquer, overcome').

## AI Etymology
Victor comes from Latin 'victor' ('conqueror'), agent noun from 'vincere' (past participle 'victus', 'to conquer, overcome'). In current use it is a noun meaning "a person who defeats an opponent; a winner". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. The historical chain includes Latin victor, Latin vincere, and Proto-Indo-European *weik-. Related English forms include victorious, victory, vanquish, convince, and invincible. Derived forms include victorious and victory. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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