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triumpher|ˈtraɪəmfə(r)|
[f. triumph v. + -er1.]
One who triumphs.
1. One who celebrated a Roman triumph.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 305 Of whom [Cicero] Plinius..saieth..[Thou] diddest as worthyly deserue to haue the garlande of a triumpher for thy toung, as euer had any other before for the swearde. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry iii. iv. 34 The Triumpher made his entrance in his Royall Chariot and was met by the Senators in their robes. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) I. ix. 609 On entering the capitol he did not, as other Triumphers used to do, put any of his captives to death.
2. A victor, conqueror.
1540Coverdale Fruitf. Less. v. (1593) Oo j, The glorious triumpher ascending vp to heauen with great victorie. 1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 17 An Antidote against pride, and a valiant tryumpher ouer flaming desires. 1760C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) III. 313 A vain ambition of triumphing over the triumpher. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. Introd. 17 In that uninterrupted succession of calamities..what are all these famous triumphers,..all these haughty distributers of empires? |