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victor

noun
/ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.

  1. derived from victor — “conqueror”
  2. derived from victor
  3. inherited from victour

Definitions

  1. The winner in a fight or contest.

    • City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

  3. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A male given name from Latin.

      • But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.

    2. A number of places in the United States.

    3. Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.

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Derived

to the victor go the spoils, victoress, victor fish, victor ludorum, victress

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at victor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01victor02winner03wins04win05destination06predetermined07advance08advantage09gain

A definitional loop anchored at victor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at victor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA