victrix
noun
victrix
1 American
[vik-triks]
/ ˈvɪk trɪks /
noun
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victrices
plural
Victrix
2
American
[vik-triks]
/ ˈvɪk trɪks /
noun
Gender
See -trix.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of victrix
From Latin, dating back to 1645–55; see origin at victor, -trix
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For the present I will try to inspire myself a little with the victrix, and to imagine that I could do the same thing.
From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Francis Hueffer
Valencia seemed to have enthroned herself, a true Venus victrix, in the centre of his heart, and would not be dispossessed.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Charles Kingsley
Julius Caesar names it Vencedora; and the name by which Augustus knew it, Urbs victrix Osca, was stamped on its coins, and is still preserved on its arms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
But Alice had fled, leaving Patricia the victrix of her bloodless battle-field.
From The Lever A Novel by William Dana Orcutt
Failing reduction, they withdrew on June 24th; leaving her banners inscribed—Vicksburg victrix!
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. DeLeon
But one moment does link it intrinsically to Rome, as the parade always begins with an actor voicing the words of Domitian, who was emperor when Deva Victrix was founded.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
There also can be environmental issues, said Anoop Davé, the CEO of Victrix, a real estate investment management development company specializing in converting mostly vacant office buildings into residential buildings and hotels.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
The Victrix Gambit doesn’t try too hard to woo with bass or with an overly crisp sound that forgoes warmth.
From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021
Here's what Tactical Life has to say about the Victrix Armaments Scorpio, an assault-style rifle its experts recently reviewed.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
Among the statues preserved there is the Venus Victrix found at Pourrières, and a very rude but interesting Gaulish warrior, discovered at Montdragon in 1834, cut in sandstone.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Brooding on his inexplicable absence, her thoughts came more and more to take the form of the question that victrices always ask of high Heaven: "Have I lost him?"
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
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