victor

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noun

vic·tor ˈvik-tər

Synonyms of victor next

: one that defeats an enemy or opponent : winner

victor adjective

Victor

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communications code word

—used as a code word for the letter v

Examples of victor in a Sentence

Noun the victors in the battle the computer is usually the victor in a chess match against a human opponent

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Often, history is told by the victor, not the oppressed. —

Morgan Mercer, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023 Which brings us to the ultimate victors in the silly season: the coaches’ agents. 12. —

Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023 But in the end, Tommy found himself as the clear victor in this battle. —

Breanna Bell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023 If history is written by the victors, then a small group of Russian activists are doing their best to make sure the battle to remember the millions of victims of Soviet repression is not lost – one small steel plaque at a time. —

Kevin Liffey, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023 In that negotiation, the victor was forced to make clench-jawed compromises. —

Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023 But there were reservations about a trial in which the victors prosecuted the vanquished. —

Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 The victors of World War II appointed themselves permanent members of the UN Security Council, cementing their influence over future interstate disputes. —

Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 The goal of the victors then was equally hubristic as that of the Armenians a generation earlier. —

Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023 See More

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