trophy.
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
Meaning & usage
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
He won the trophy in a running competition.
An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
A tropæum.
A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.
To adorn (someone) with trophies.
To win a trophy in a competition.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.
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