trophy

Definitions


[ˈtrəʊfi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success

- (in ancient Greece or Rome) the weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory


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Origin:
late 15th century (in trophy): from French trophée, via Latin from Greek tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’, from trepein ‘to turn’




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