Victor \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 art, rarely by of.
In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They fly that wound, and they pursue that die. --Waller.
2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. --Pope.
Victor \Vic"tor\, a. Victorious. ``The victor Greeks.'' --Pope.
Forced to learn the victor's language, terrorists chant 'amo amas amat', as they exchange mocking homosexual caresses.
The victor took more than 90 percent of the black vote, half the Hispanic vote and about 30 percent of the white vote.
Dukakis won last week's New Hampshire primary, while Gephardt was the victor in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 8.
How'd I do." The crowd cheered and Quayle provided the answer, declaring Bush the victor.
If the victor can do so, the merger creating the nation's 12th largest bank could rank with Wells Fargo & Co.'s 1986 acquisition of Crocker National Bank in the annals of successful bank mergers.
He abolished the armed forces and in 1949 ceded power to Otilio Ulate, the victor in the 1948 vote.
And with each ruling, no matter who the apparent victor, both companies have rushed to issue statements trumpeting their own success.
Mr Meciar, election victor in Slovakia, is keen to loosen ties with Prague and slow down reforms.
After 10 days, Nicolas Ardito Barletta was proclaimed victor.
Roh Tae Woo as the legitimate victor.
Franco admired Hitler and believed he would win. By backing Hitler, he anticipated the victor's spoils of Gibraltar and French North African possessions.
Today, the traditional hard-scrabble existence is compounded by a war that has produced neither victor nor vanquished and won't go away.
It is the PRI candidate, however, the recently declared victor, who must cope with the new realities of politics in Mexico.
The announcement of preliminary results declaring Diouf the victor sparked several days of street riots.
"The United States Army _ the victor in the greatest land campaigns of this century only five years before _ was an empty force," Vuono said.
It included Unbridled, last year's winner of the Classic and the Kentucky Derby, and Strike the Gold, this year's Derby victor.
The leftist Cardenista Front of National Reconstruction was named the victor in Ciudad Acuna.
The victor will be the state's first black member of Congress.
It is also important that the victor, Mr. Cavaco Silva, has no political past as an "anti-fascist fighter" before the April 25 revolution.
The Democratic primary historically determines the victor in the general election in this overwhelmingly Democratic city.
By May 1, bettors had clearly identified Mr. Reagan as the probable victor (46% to 36%, with 18% for other candidates).
Dukakis and Gephardt were the frequent targets of barbs because of their position in the race, the Massachusetts governor as front-runner in the New Hampshire polls and the Missouri congressman as victor in Iowa.
If there is no victor, the time will be reduced to a half hour each for the second duel, and halved again to 15 minutes each for the third game.
Saturday will feature a harbor tour with America's Cup victor Dennis Conner, a celebrity tennis tournament and a ball, followed by a turn-of-the-century style picnic Sunday with hot air balloons and a Navy air show.
However, Mugabe clearly emerged as the presidential victor.
The comfortable margin by which Republican George Voinovich appeared to have defeated Democrat Anthony J. Celebrezze in the governor's race surprised even the victor.
Chess buffs in attendance said the lack of a victor didn't bother them.
It has predicted the flat-out winner of six of the eight previous Bowls Super I have covered, and the point-spread victor seven times.
While Soviet approval and that of the other victor powers would be needed to transfer control of Berlin to a united Germany, the Kremlin has little clout in determining the political shape of the reunited state.
The state Electoral College also declared the opposition National Action Party the victor in the town of Dzan during the Nov. 25 elections.