victor

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After losing seven hundred thousand men in the war, Italy as a victor was able to push its border up to the Brenner Pass but remained a poor and inequitable, largely rural society.

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  1. noun One who defeats an adversary; the winner in a fight, battle, contest, or struggle.

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  • After losing seven hundred thousand men in the war, Italy as a victor was able to push its border up to the Brenner Pass but remained a poor and inequitable, largely rural society. —  California Literary Review
  • "Should we lose the Bukit Selambau seat or the victor is from Pakatan Rakyat but not an Indian, then we will choose someone from among existing Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen to take up the portfolio."
  • At the end, scores varied amongst sets of eyes as to who the victor was and the lopsided four and five point margins in Mayweather's favor sat well with few. —  BoxingScene.com
  • With the Lakers waiting in Los Angeles for the victor, the Sonics finally put an end to the series with a 98-94 win, as Gus Williams poured in 33 points and Lonnie Shelton grabbed 15 rebounds. —  Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
  • She would be cheated out of the delicacies and also the laurels to which the victor was always entitled. —  The Black Phantom
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  1. Middle English, from Old French victeur, from Latin victor, from victus, past participle of vincere, to conquer; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese victor, vitor = Italian vittore, from Latin victor, a conqueror, from vincere, past participle victus, conquer. From the same Latin verb are also ult. victory, victorious, etc., convict, evict, convince, evince, vincible, invincible, vanquish, etc
  2. from victor, n.
 

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