VICTOR, VICTORIOUS, VICTORY
ADJECTIVES
► EPINICIAL relating to or celebrating victory → 1774 obs.
► ON TOP successful; victorious; dominant → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► VANQUISSANT victorious → 1632 obs.
NOUNS
► ARMCHAIR RIDE a smooth and easy victory or accomplishment → 1898 colloq.
► BEST GAME, THE victory in a contest, the winning position → 1523 obs.
► GAME victory in a contest, the winning position; generally, victory, success → a1425
► LAUGHER in sports: an easy and overwhelming victory → 1961 US sl.
► LAUREATE LETTERS a letter or dispatch announcing a victory → 1508 obs.
► MASTERDOM victory in battle → 1475 obs.
► PALMARY a token of victory or supreme excellence, a prize → 1657 obs.
► PUSH-OVER an easily accomplished task; a simple or ready victory → 1891 colloq., orig. US
► QUICK KILL a sudden or rapid victory → 1974
► SCORE a victory → 1960s Amer. sl.
► WALKAWAY an easy victory → 20C sl.
► WALKOVER an easy or unopposed victory → colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BANGEISTER a victor → 1825 Sc.
► BANGSTER one who beats his opponents; a victor, a winner, a conqueror → 1820 obs. exc. Sc.
► BANKSTER a victor, conqueror → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEBELLATOR a subduer, a vanquisher, a victor, a conqueror → 1713 obs.
► MASTER one who overcomes another; a victor → c1290
► MASTER-BEAST the most influential person; the victor, the winner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAMBURLAINE ► TAMERLANE a conqueror, a victor → a1579
► VAINQUER a conqueror; a vanquisher; a victor → 1456 obs.
► VAINQUERESS a female conqueror, vanquisher, or victor → a1513 obs.
► VANQUEROR a victor → 1583 obs.
► VANQUISHER a conqueror, a victor → 1474
► VICTRIX a female victor → 1651
VERBS
► GIVE THE BATTLE to grant victory → c1400
► HAVE THE BATTLE to be victorious → c1400
► ICE to ensure victory; orig. in a sporting contest → 20C sl.
► IMPORT to obtain, to gain, to win a victory → 1598 obs.
► PULL OUT OF THE FIRE to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAKE THE CAKES to be awarded a prize, as in a contest; to be victorious → 1842 Amer. sl.
► TAKE THE CAKE to be awarded a prize, as in a contest; to be victorious → 1842 sl.
► WIN IN A WALK to win easily; to be a confident victor → 1896 sl.