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History's nicest way of saying you wrote the story first.
means The one who wins — the person or side that comes out on top in a fight, contest, or war.
from From Latin victor, 'conqueror,' built on vincere, 'to conquer or overcome' — the same root that gives us 'convince' (to conquer someone's objections) and 'evict' (to conquer someone out of their home). The Romans carried victor straight into English through centuries of military and legal Latin, and it's kept its triumphant chest-puffed-out posture ever since.
- etymology
- Latin for conqueror, from vincere, to win
- literary nod
- Frankenstein's creator shares the name, not the glory
- spoils clause
- victors famously get to write the history books
- phonetic alphabet
- V stands for victor in military spelling