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.
© Webster 1913.
Vic"tor, a.
Victorious.
"The
victor Greeks."
Pope.
© Webster 1913.