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winner

noun
/ˈwɪnə/UK/ˈwɪnɚ/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”).

  1. inherited from wynner

Definitions

  1. One who has won or often wins.

  2. A point or goal that wins a competition.

    • It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.

  3. A surname.

    • Michael Winner directed the 1974 action film "Death Wish".
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A ghost town in Minnesota.

    2. A city, the county seat of Tripp County, South Dakota.

The neighborhood

Derived

bad winner, breadwinner, game-winner, prizewinner, prize winner, sand winner, sore winner, the winner takes it all, vote-winner, winner-take-all, winner take all, winner-takes-all, winner takes all

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at winner. 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.

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

10 hops · closes at winner

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

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