n. (pl. -ies) 1 a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize or memento of victory or success in a contest etc. 2 a memento or souvenir, e.g. a deer's antlers, taken in hunting. 3 Gk & Rom. Antiq. the weapons etc. of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory. 4 an ornamental group of symbolic or typical objects arranged for display. trophied adj. (also in comb.).
[ F trophée f. L trophaeum f. Gk tropaion f. trope rout f. trepo turn ]