— trophyless , adj.
/troh"fee/ , n. , pl. trophies .
1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
2. anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.
3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with or symbolic of victory or achievement.
4. any memento or memorial.
5. a memorial erected by certain ancient peoples, esp. the Greeks and Romans, in commemoration of a victory in war and consisting of arms or other spoils taken from the enemy and hung upon a tree, pillar, or the like.
[ 1505-15; earlier trophe trophée trop ( h ) aeum trópaion, n. use of neut. of trópaios, Attic var. of TROPAÎOS of turning or putting to flight, equiv. to trop ( é ) a turning (akin to trépein to turn) + -aios adj. suffix. See TROPE ]