Meanings
victor1
plural victors
- international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Victor2
alternative obsolete Victour
- World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAFradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
alternative obsolete Victour
- A male given name from Latin.
But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.
2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 20251 more example
'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
1988, Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics, published 1999, →ISBN - A number of places in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in Freeman Township, Pope County, Arkansas.
- A city in Teller County, Colorado.
- A city in Teton County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
- A town in Poweshiek County and Iowa County, Iowa.
- A ghost town in Blue Hills Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.
- A town and village therein, in Ontario County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Victor Township, Roberts County, South Dakota.
- A ghost town in Emery County, Utah.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
victor · noun
- Latinvictor“conqueror”
- Anglo-Normanvictor
- Middle Englishvictour
- Englishvictor
Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Victor · noun, proper noun
From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Βίκτωρ
- Βίκτωρ (Bíktōr)male given name
Bulgarian Ви́ктор
- Ви́ктор (Víktor)male given name
Catalan Víctor
- Víctormale given name
Chinese Mandarin 維克托 /维克托
- 維克托 /维克托 (Wéikètuō)male given name
Czech Viktor
- Viktormale given name
Danish Victor
- Victormale given name
Dutch Viktor, Victor
- Viktormale given name
- Victormale given name
Esperanto Viktoro
- Viktoromale given name
Finnish Vihtori
- Vihtorimale given name
French Victor
- Victormale given name
German Viktor
- Viktormale given name
Greek Βίκτωρας
- Βίκτωρας (Víktoras)male given name
Hebrew ויקטור
- ויקטור (viqtor)male given name
Hungarian Viktor, Győző
- Viktormale given name
- Győzőmale given name
Italian Vittorio, Vittore
- Vittoriomale given name
- Vittoremale given name
Japanese ヴィクトル
- ヴィクトルmale given name
Korean 빅토르
- 빅토르 (biktoreu)male given name
Latvian Viktors
- Viktorsmale given name
Norwegian Viktor
- Viktormale given name
Persian ویکتور
- ویکتور (viktor)male given name
Polish Wiktor
- Wiktormale given name
Portuguese Victor, Vitor
- Victormale given name
- Vitormale given name
- Víctormale given name
- Vítormale given name
Russian Ви́ктор
- Ви́ктор (Víktor)male given name
Slovak Viktor
- Viktormale given name
Spanish Víctor
- Víctormale given name
Swedish Viktor
- Viktormale given name
Ukrainian Віктор
- Віктор (Viktor)male given name
Vietnamese Victor
- Victormale given name
Welsh Gwythyr
- Gwythyrmale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with victor
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Cite this entry
victor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor
“victor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “victor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor.
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