Dictionary entry

Victor

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vic″tor (?), n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to vanquish, to conquer. See Vanquish.] 1. 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 at, rarely by of.

In love, the victors from the vanquished fly;

They fly that wound, and they pursue that die. Waller.

2. A destroyer.

There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends,

And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. Pope.