单词 | victor |
释义 | victorn.1 1. a. One who overcomes or vanquishes an adversary; the leader of an army which wins a battle or war. Sometimes collective, the winning army or nation. Also const. of. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun] masterc1230 conqueror1307 victora1340 overcomerc1350 scomfitera1400 vanquisher1474 vainquer1481 conquestora1513 dauntera1522 overwhelmera1522 discomfiter1528 overwinner1535 cock1542 victorer1553 triumphant1562 triumphera1569 vanquer1570 Tamerlane?1572 defeater1582 vanqueror1583 triumphator1611 conquesor1641 conquestora1670 debellator1713 reconqueror1777 subjugator1795 conquistador1830 α. β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 87 Þan afterward þey serued þe Macedonyes, when þe Macedoynes were victours in þe est londes.a1400–50 Alexander 186 Þan sall þat victoure ȝow venge on ȝour vile fais.1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4321 Þe feld þei han, and ben þat day victours.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 510/1 Vyctowre, victor, triumphator.1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 Welcum, invincible victour moste wourthy.1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 78 Thinking that victour now he stoode, thus Pandarus doth braue At the stoute Greeke.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Victour, an overcomer or Conquerour.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxiii. 1 A bedel þat eftere þe victory cries þat all þe land is þe victors. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 99 Þe Saxons were victors, and eueriche prouince, as he was strengere, made hem kynges. 1448–9 J. Metham Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 52/1403 Yowre welffare and prosperyte Is in my uyage, yff I may uyctor be. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2145 Ofte sith hit is sene..That a victor of a victe is vile ouercomyn. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiiv/2 A Victor, victor. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie i Assailant conqueror, this braue English king Triumphant victors his noble offspring. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 69 What shalbe done, To him that victory commands, or doe you purpose, A victor shalbe knowne. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 235 His Body, when found by the Victors,..was exposed to publike shame and laughter. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 593 In vain the vanquish'd fly; the Victor sends The dead Mens Weapons at their living Friends. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 6 Boadicea herself, rather than fall into the hands of the enraged victor, put an end to her own life by poison. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 161 The Huns..soon withdrew from the presence of an insulting victor. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xii. 237 The light yet strong buckler, and the short two-edged sword, the use of which had made them victors of the world. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xii. i. 567 Two of the surviving brothers soon after came to an open conflict, and the third attacked the victor on the morning after the battle. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 112 Thence in safety, a victor, in height of glory returned. b. transferred and figurative. One who overcomes in any contest or struggle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins victora1400 winnerc1485 obtainer1531 triumphera1569 first oar(s)1774 bangster1820 scorer1974 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who masterc1230 overcomerc1350 conquerorc1374 victora1400 overbearera1425 overgangerc1440 vanquisher1474 usurper1509 subduer1516 overthrower1548 defeater1582 prevailer1596 masterer1600 queller1613 conquerant1655 dompter1672 a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 132 Com to vs wiþ-outen wene, Victor of olde Enemys. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 97 Verray victor withe his woundes fyve. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 90 Help lady that he..Of his goostly enmyse may victour be. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert 81 These same maydenes, desyring to be victouris of her kynde & eke of þe world. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 49 I crew abone that craudone as cok that wer wictour. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 23 Christ,..Victour of deid and hell. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 345 Now having obtained the chase, the victor calleth for a knife to take essay. 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) vii. 104 O admirable contest! where the noble antagonists did not strive for victory, but death,..that the victor might perish for the vanquished. 1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 16 There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this Lord of useless thousands ends! 1811 P. B. Shelley Love 7 Since withering pain no power possessed,..Nor time's dread victor, death, confessed. 1865 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 6/5 The silent Victor that meets us all, sooner or later. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > dux of school victor1651 duxa1832 1651 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. To ye shoillmaster and doctor in Glasgow for Wm Mure his candilmas offering, he being victor that year, 20. 0. 0. 1724 R. Wodrow Life J. Wodrow (1828) 78 The Archbishop Paterson's second son was then in it [the school], and was what we then called victor. 2. attributive (chiefly appositive), passing into adj. (cf. victorious adj.). a. Of weapons, etc., as victor arms, victor arrow, victor-banner, victor-spear, victor sword. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X7 He with his victour sword first opened, The bowels of wide Fraunce. a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) v. iii. 123 Despite [printed Despise] thy victor-Sword,..thou art a Traitor. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 477 My victor arms Have aw'd the realms around with dire alarms. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 202 Thro' ev'ry ring the victor arrow went. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 168 O'er the wild waves the victor-banners flow'd. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 229 The victor-spear One hand employed. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xxv. 87 Why pause the victor swords to seal his overthrow? b. Of persons, animals, etc., as victor brethren, victor eagle, victor god, victor-hand, victor-head, victor-hero, etc. ΚΠ c1640 J. Shirley Contention Ajax & Ulisses (1659) 128 Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 The Victor Horse, forgetful of his Food, The Palm renounces, and abhors the Flood. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 45 The Victor God did to these Realms resort. c1716 Somerville To Addison, Estate Warwicks. The victor-host amaz'd, with horror view'd Th' assembling troops. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 257 The Victor Eagle, whose sinister Flight Retards our Host. 1730 J. Thomson Sophonisba ii. ii. 7 If she may touch Thy knee, thy purple, and thy victor-hand. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 96 On Jordan's bank the victor-hero strode. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 328 The victor-youth the Lusian flag displays. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxx. 169 O Scotland! shall it e'er be mine..To raise my victor head, and see Thy hills, thy dales, thy people free? 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 388 I, it seems, am first Of all my victor brethren to declare The triumph past and coming. c. Miscellaneous, as victor-deed, victor-paean, victor-palm, victor-pomp, victor shore, victor-shout. ΚΠ c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 182 The olyue of pes, & ek the dronke vyne, The victor palm, the laurer to deuyne. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > money paid to schoolmaster > in connection with cock-fighting cock-penny1524 victor penny1525 cock-money1687 1525 Foundation Stat. Manchester Gram. School 15 Apr. [The Schoolmaster shall teach the children] with~oute any money or other reward taking therefor as cokke peny, victor peny, potacion peny or any other except his said stipend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † victorn.2 Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish. Victory. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] siȝec893 masteryc1225 conquestc1315 gree1320 victoryc1330 victor1390 victory1398 battlec1400 triumphc1412 masterdomc1475 victoragec1480 V1941 α. β. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 37 Fulofte is sene..The fieble hath wonne the victoire.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 125 To kepe and drawe into memoire Of his bataille the victoire.1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 52 Scylla that was Duc of the Romayns wyth oute had many fayr victoyres agaynst the Romayns wyth Inne.a1400–50 Alexander 2096 Alexander þe athill..A-vanced with þe victore & vengid on his faes. 1413 26 Pol. Poems xii. 131 Þat haþ victor, wole be euel payed, So many good men ben lest. c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 176 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 213 To knaw hyme & his helpe crafe, be quham þu mycht þe wictoure hafe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 255 .Gif that we may..Haf victour of our fayis heir. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 277 Scho..bad him till the battale spede, For he suld victor haf but drede. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 148 The gold takynnis..Wictour in armys that thou sall haiff be grace. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 45 Deid is swolit throw wictore. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 3 I suld nocht forȝet the tryumphant victore,..conqueist be the vailȝeant..kyng of secilie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † victorv. Obsolete. transitive. To overcome, vanquish. Chiefly in past participle and participial adjective ˈvictored. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 1576 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte (new ed.) 38 For that neither in victory or victored he would hinder the common wealth. 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. i. 12 It was condescended amongst them, to diuide the places victored, by foure parts. 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iii. xii. 124 Whosoeuer is defender..ought to be reputed victorious if hee be not victored. 1683 J. Gadbury in Wharton's Wks. Pref. Where the Noble and Valiant Sir Jacob Ashley was unfortunately victor'd, and taken Prisoner. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > conquering or defeating conquerous1571 vanquishing1611 conqueringa1616 victoring1624 conquerant1638 defeating1661 1624 A. Holland Continued Inquisition 3 in J. Davies Scourge Paper-persecutors All the Pamphlets and the Toyes Which I haue seene in hands of Victoring Boyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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