Trophy

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A prize or memento, such as a cup or plaque, received as a symbol of victory, especially in sports.
  • noun. A specimen or part, such as a lion's head, preserved as a token of a successful hunt.
  • noun. A memento, as of one's personal achievements.
  • noun. The spoils of war, dedicated in classical antiquity with an inscription to a deity and set up as a temporary monument on or near a battlefield, placed in an existing temple, or housed in a permanent, new structure.
  • noun. An ornamental marble carving or bronze casting depicting a group of weapons or armor placed upon a square or circular base.
  • adjective. Impressive or ostentatious so as to display one's wealth or status.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In antiquity, a monument or memorial in commemoration of a victory.
  • noun. Anything taken and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, or standards captured from an enemy.
  • noun. Something regarded as a memorial or evidence of victory; a prize.
  • noun. A memorial; a memento.
  • noun. An ornamental group of objects, such as weapons, memorials of the chase, or flags, arranged on a wall, or a symbolic or typical grouping of exhibits at an exposition or the like; also, in decoration, a representation of such a group. See trophy decoration, under decoration.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
  • noun. The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.
  • noun. Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
  • noun. Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest.
  • noun. a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. tropæum
  • noun. An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
  • noun. An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed.
  • noun. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
  • noun. An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something given as a token of victory
  • noun. an award for success in war or hunting
  • Word Usage
    "Obviously, the term "trophy wife" meant something extremely different in the 1970s, when the film is set."
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    accolade  award  honor  honour  laurels  
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    Sophie  Sophy  sophie  sophy  
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    Old Mug  ambition  arch  award  barrow