Victor \Vic"tor\, n. [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to
vanquish, to conquer. See Vanquish.]
1. The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of
another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in
battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by
art, rarely by of.
In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They
fly that wound, and they pursue that die. --Waller.
2. A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends,
And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
--Pope.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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