(in pl) in various card games, esp bridge and whist, the suit of cards that has been chosen, usu for the duration of a single hand, to have a higher value than the other three suits
a card of the suit that is trumps, which beats any card of another suit
something that can be used to gain an advantage
informal, dated a very worthy, admirable, or dependable person
come/turn up trumps
chiefly Brit, informal to do what is right, needed, or desirable, esp unexpectedly and at the last moment
[alteration of triumph1]