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Definition of Victor

Victor

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.

A destroyer.

Victorious.

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Victor Quotations

The victor belongs to the spoils.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Adolf Hitler

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization.
Hideki Tojo

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.
Gloria Swanson

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.
James Merrill

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
Tacitus

If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
Gustav Stresemann

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.
Gustav Stresemann

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
Esther Williams

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.
John Boyd Orr

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.
Gustav Stresemann

Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you'd written The Man with the Golden Arm score.
Elmer Bernstein

To the victor belong the responsibilities.
Al Bernstein

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.
Chico Hamilton

Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.
Mickey Spillane

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
Neville Chamberlain

It sounded good. It was a story that Victor Conte told me to use. I was contacted by Dr. Goldman, and that's how the story came about. And that was my first time ever meeting, or speaking, to Dr. Goldman.
Kelli White

I'm not sure exactly what Victor told Dr. Goldman, but I don't think he fully knew what was going on... I think he was really oblivious. I don't think he knew.
Kelli White

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Victor Translations

victor in French is vainqueur, triomphateur
victor in German is Sieger
victor in Italian is vincitore
victor in Latin is victor
victor in Swedish is segrare

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