Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
trophy , 1.
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- noun A
monument erected (originally on thefield ofbattle ) by theprevailing army (withoutSenatical grant — contrasttriumph ) to commemoratevictory inwar , featuringspoils taken from theenemy (especially the personalarms of thevanquished general), anddedicated to anappropriate god (such asMars ).
Etymologies
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From the Latin tropaeum ("trophy”, “tropæum").
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