(ˈ)vik|tōrēəs, -tȯr- adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French victorieus, from Latin victoriosus, from victoria victory + -osus -ous
1.
a. : having defeated an enemy or antagonist : having won a battle or contest : conquering, triumphant
a victorious army
a victorious fighter
a victorious candidate
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of victory : emblematic or suggestive of a winner or a success
a victorious flag
a victorious air
2. : having displaced a rival : having won approval or acceptance instead of another
an urban industrial society was victorious over historic agrarian forms
3.
a. : evincing moral harmony or other attainment : consummating an endeavor : fulfilled
a robust, thoroughly healthy, and withal, very prosperous and victorious man — Thomas Carlyle
b. : achieving a perfection of form, grace, or vision (as in artistic performance)