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winner|ˈwɪnə(r)|
[f. win v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which wins, in various senses.
1. One who gains something, esp. by effort or merit; spec. one who gets (a living) by labour, an earner (obs. or dial. exc. in bread-winner); † one who makes profit, as by trading; † one who ‘wins’ (corn), a harvester, reaper (fig.).
1352[see waster n.1 1]. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 860 Of goddis corne wynnare to be. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. i. 222 Webbesters and walkers and wynners with handen. c1456Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 235 Robberys now rewle ryȝtwysenesse, And wynnerys with her sothe sawe. 1483Cath. Angl. 420/1 A Wynner, lucrificus. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §36 He that byeth grosse sale, and retayleth, muste nedes be a wynner. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxiii. 21 No flie therby winner, the worth of a straw. 1593Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 85 Knawin..to be wynneris of thair leving be sum honest moyen. 1630R. N. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iv. 173 Whereas Religion is the greatest winner of mens affections. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. I. 257 The winner of a title generally deserves it. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxvii, The Major was disengaged too, and swore he would be the winner of her. 1876Sir C. Dilke in Life (1917) I. xiii. 197 Holker..a great winner of verdicts from juries, was one of the dullest men. 1911‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life i. 6 A woman, a careless winner of the hearts of men.
2. One who is victorious in a contest; a victor; esp. one who wins a game, a race, a prize, etc.; spec. a horse, dog, etc. that wins a race; in games of skill, the ‘piece’ that is nearest to a certain point, a winning shot, etc.; colloq. a thing that scores a success; a potentially successful project, enterprise, etc.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 74 [If he] has tynt the bataill, tharfore he had the wrang, and the wynnar the rycht. 1546J. Heywood Prov. i. x. (1867) 24 Be they wynners or loosers, Folke saie alwaie, beggers should be no choosers. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 156 The verie Romanis selfes, victorious winneris. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. v. ii. 187 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, And being a winner, God giue you good night. 1598― Hen. V, iii. vi. 120 When Lenitie and Crueltie play for a Kingdome, The gentler Gamester is the soonest winner. 1611― Cymb. iii. v. 15 Sir, the Euent Is yet to name the winner. 1667Leathermore: Advice conc. Gaming (1668) 10 It is not deny'd but most Gamesters have at one time or other a considerable run of winning, but..I could never hear of the Man that gave over a winner, (I mean to give over, as never to play again). 1710Act 9 Anne c. 19 §2 It shall..be lawful..for any Person..to..recover the same [money],..with Costs..against such Winner. 1789D. Davidson Seasons 167 A leal shot ettled at the cock, Which shov'd the winner by. 1811Acc. Game Curling 9 The stone nearest the tee..is called the winner. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxx, At length the play came to an end, and Mr. Isaac List rose the only winner. 1854Poultry Chron. I. 371 Winners of the First Prizes. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xix, I'd ridden seven great winners before I was eighteen. 1874J. D. Heath Croquet-Player 83 It is..unfair to the winner, to tell him that he won only because you ‘had a bad mallet’. 1876Coursing Calendar 19 In a scrambling course, run partly out of sight, the early points of Moonshine doubtless landed her the winner. 1913Play Pictorial No. 131 ⁋p. iv/1 The Alhambra has also found a winner in its curiously named [‘revue’] ‘8d. a mile’. 1934Punch 14 Nov. 552/1 The growing function of the outlying theatres is to spot winners for the West-End. 1948M. Laski Tory Heaven v. 66 ‘I'd like to be a land⁓agent... I do really think I could have made a success of it.’ ‘I'm sure you would... It sounds like a winner to me.’ 1958Times 12 Sept. 13/1 The last crop of new ballets commissioned for the Edinburgh International Ballet company includes one winner, a near miss, and a very honourable mention. 1972Sunday Express 9 Jan. 5/3 The warmth of wool plus good, classic styling, makes this coat a winner this winter. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 18 Nov. 4/3 Cyril Berry..must be on a winner with his latest book. 1985Woman's Own 22 June 36/2 The actor believes that combining the strong with the sensitive is exactly what makes a man a winner—on screen and off.
3. winner-take(s)-all, attrib. phr. used to denote contests or conflicts in which victory is outright or the successful competitor alone is rewarded; occas. (without hyphens) in non-attrib. use as an idiomatic sentence.
1969Listener 10 Apr. 496/1 When you say war, I think that's what you mean: nations and empires clashing, and there will be one winner and one loser on clear-cut lines. I won, you lost. But here there's not supposed to be, the way I understand it, a winner-take-all-type thing. 1972National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 5/1 Should McGovern win the June 6 California primary with its winner-take-all bag of 271 votes,..he then would be within easy range of a first-ballot nomination at the convention opening on July 10. 1972Guardian 8 June 12/1 In California winner takes all. It will be almost impossible now to deny McGovern the nomination. 1973Times 16 Nov. 1/1 The Government has accepted that there is no way out of a grim, winner-takes-all clash with the National Union of Mineworkers. 1976‘H. Carmichael’ False Evidence iv. 63 There must've been a worthwhile rakeoff... The outcome was that winner took all. 1978A. Price '44 Vintage xxiii. 264 A winner-takes-all lottery.
Add: Hence ˈwinnerness n. U.S., the quality or state of being or appearing to be a winner. (Found only in the New Yorker.)
1976New Yorker 17 May 127/1 The candidate who looks like a ‘winner’ will get more money and other forms of help. One's ‘winnerness’ may be more important in this process than what one stands for. 1988Ibid. 4 July 71/2 With his success Dukakis acquired ‘winnerness’: an almost mystical process. |