Definition of Victor

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Victor

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.

A destroyer.

Victorious.

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Victor Quotations

The victor belongs to the spoils.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
Tacitus

Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization.
Hideki Tojo

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Adolf Hitler

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.
Gloria Swanson

If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
Gustav Stresemann

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.
Gustav Stresemann

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
Esther Williams

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.
John Boyd Orr

Victor Translations

victor in French is vainqueur, triomphateur
victor in German is Sieger
victor in Italian is vincitore
victor in Latin is victor
victor in Swedish is segrare

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