trump 1
— trumpless , adj.
/trump/ , n.
1. Cards.
a. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
b. Often, trumps . ( used with a sing. v. ) the suit itself.
2. Informal. a fine person; brick.
v.t.
3. Cards. to take with a trump.
4. to excel; surpass; outdo.
v.i.
5. Cards.
a. to play a trump.
b. to take a trick with a trump.
6. trump up , to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate: Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
[ 1520-30; unexplained var. of TRIUMPH ]
trump 2
/trump/ , Literary.
n.
1. a trumpet.
2. its sound.
v.i.
3. to blow a trumpet.
[ 1250-1300; (n.) ME trompe trumpa, var. of trumba trumpet; (v.) ME trompen tromper, deriv. of trompe ]