victor, victour, vyctor

& a. [Latin victor, from victus, pa. par. of vinco (pa. t. vic i )=to conquer; from the same root as Goth. weigan, weihan (pa.par. wigans )=to strive, to contend; A. S. wig war. Ital. vittore.] A. As substantive: 1. One who is victorious in a contest; one who wins or gains the prize or advantage in a contest; one who vanquishes another in any struggle; especially, one who is victorious in war; a vanquisher. "Some time the flood prevails, and then the wind, Both tugging to be victors , breast to breast." Shakesp.: Henvy VI., Pt., III . ii. 5. *2. One who ruins or destroys; a destroyer. "There, victor of his health, his fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of usele you sands ends." Pope : Moral E ays , iii. 313. *B. As adj .: Vic torous. "Despite thy victor sword."- Shakesp .: Lear, v. 3. For the difference between victor and con queror , see CONQUEROR. *vic-tõr-dom, *vic-tor-dome, s . [Eng. victor ; -dom.] The condition of a victor; victory. "Then will I stand by, and looke on, and see what victor do me thou shalt get." -Barnes: Workes, fol. 278. *vic-tõr-er, s. [Eng. victor; -er.] A victor, a conqueror. "The chariots of noble victor ers riding in triumph."P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xxviii. ch. iv. *vic-tõr-ě , *vic-tor-e e, s. [English victor ; -e .] A female victor. "When the victor e e arrived there." Spenser: F. Q. , III. xii. 44. Vic-tör-I-a, s. [Lat.=victory (q. v.) 1. Rom . Mythol .: One of the deities of the Romans, called by the Greeks Nike. She was Sister of Strength and Valor, and was one of the attendants of Jupiter. Sylla raised her a temple at Rome, and instituted festivals in her honor. She was represented with wings, crowned with laurel, and hold ing the branch of a palm-tree in her hand. 2. Astron.: [ASTEROID, 12.] 3. Botany : A genus of Euryalide (q.v.), akin to Euryale, from which it differs by the sepals being deciduous, by the petals gradually pa ing into stamens, and by the cells of the ovary being more numerous. Species, one or three. The type is Vic toria regia , named by Lindley after Queen Victoria. It is the most magnificent of all known water-lilies, and is the more acceptable that it came from a phæacese occurred. It was first discovered by the Victoria crowned-pigeon botanist Hænke in 1801; Bonpland afterward met with it. Orbigny, in 1828, sent home specimens to Paris; others also subsequently saw it growing, but it excited no attention till, in 1837, Sir Robert Schomburgk found it in the Berbice River in British Guiana. The rootstock is thick and fleshy, the leafstalks prickly, the leaf peltate, its margin circular, its diameters from six to twelve feet, the edge so turned up as to make the leaves floating in tranquil water look like a number of large trays. The leaves are green above, and covered with small bo es, below they are deep purple or violet; the undeveloped flowers are pyriform; the sepals four, each about seven inches long by four broad, purple externally, whitish internally; the petals numerous, in several rows, pa ing insensibly into stamens, fragrant, the outer ones white, the inner ones roseate; stamens numerous, the outer fertile, the inner sterile; ovary many celled, cup-shaped above, with many small stigmas along its upper margin; fruit a prickly berry. A native of South American rivers, especially the tributaries of the Amazon. The seeds are said to be eatable, and the plant is in consequence called Water Maize by the natives of the region where it IMG:content-0499.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small] 4. Vehicles: A park-carriage, having a low seat for two persons, a calash-top, and an elevated driver's seat in front. "With silent morosity he hands her into her victoria ." - Rhoda Brought on: Second Thoughts, vol. ii., pt. ii., ch. viii. Royal Order of Victoria and Albert : An order instituted by Queen Victoria, Feb. 10, 1862, in memory of the Prince Consort, who died Dec. 14, 1861. It was enlarged Oct. 10, 1864, Nov. 15, 1865, and again on March 15, 1880. It consists of her Majesty, as Sovereign of the Order, and fifteen ladies of the Royal families of Europe, who form the First cla . The second cla consists of eight ladies of the Royal families of Europe, and related to the British royal family. The third cla includes twenty-one lady members of the British nobility, and the fourth cla fifteen lady members of the nobility and gentry. The badge is composed of likene es in profile of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted Badge of Orby a border of precious stones (difder of Victoferent for each cla ) for the first, ria and Albert. second and third, and the mono gram "V. A." for the fourth cla , all surmounted by an Imperial crown. Ribbon, white moiré. decoration instituted by royal warrant, Jan. 29, Victoria Cro , s. A British naval and military 1856, and bestowed for "conspicuous bravery or devotion" to the country in the presence of the enemy. It is the most coveted of all British decorations, and is open to all officers and men of the regular, auxiliary, and reserve forces. It consists of a bronze Maltese cro with the royal crest in the center, and underneath an escrol bearing the inscription, "For Valour." It is worn attached to the breast by a blue ribbon in the case of the navy, and by a red in the case of the army. For every additional act of bravery an additional clasp may be added. The cro carries with it a special pension of £10 a year, and each additional clasp an additional pension of £5 a year. Victoria crowned-pigeon, s . Victoria Cro . Victoria Institute, s . An institution having its headquarters in London, England, and founded to harmonize Scripture and science. *vic-tör-i-al, a. [Eng. victory; al.] Pertaining to or in celebration of a victory. "Wrote this victorial ditt on." -Urquhart : Rabelais , bk. ii., ch. xxvii. Vic-tör-i-an, a. [See defs.] 1. Of or belonging to the reign of Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne 1837. "He touched his readers le than any other Victorian poet of the first rank."- Athenœum , April 21, 1888, p. 501. 2. Of or belonging to Victoria, a division of Australia, named after Queen Victoria in 1851. vic-tõr-îne, s. [Named after Queen Victoria.] 1. A small fur tippet worn by ladies. "A warm victorine of cat-skin that encircled her neck." W. S. Mayo: Never Again, ch. viii. 2. A variety of peach.