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trophy

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noun

tro·​phy ˈtrō-fē How to pronounce trophy (audio)
plural trophies
1
: something gained or given in victory or conquest especially when preserved or mounted as a memorial
2
a
: a memorial of an ancient Greek or Roman victory raised on the field of battle or on the nearest land for a naval victory
b
: a representation of such a memorial (as on a medal)
also : an architectural ornament representing a group of military weapons
3
: a game animal or fish suitable for mounting as a trophy
—usually used attributively
4
: one that is prized for qualities that enhance prestige or social status
—usually used attributively
a trophy wifea trophy house
trophy transitive verb

-trophy

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noun combining form

: nutrition : nurture : growth
dystrophy

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
And then the dancers came out to try to make that trophy their own. Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2020 The museum ultimately decided to remove 120 human remains, including the tsantsas, Naga trophy heads and an Egyptian mummy of a child. Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020 The economics are similar to owning a blue chip investment bank, even if the social cachet is on another level (arch-rival Christie’s is owned by the Pinaults, no strangers to trophy assets). Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 18 June 2019 Fishermen are catching good to excellent numbers of silvery and post-spawn steelhead trout on the Rocky, Chagrin and Cuyahoga rivers, from young skippers to trophy trout. cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018 What other sport can boast so many all-time superstars who never once got to hoist a trophy? Jon Tayler, SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017 No area teams brought home trophies, but South Milwaukee finished third in Division 1 and Port Washington third in Division 2..Middleton (76) and Stevens Point (177) finished ahead of South Milwaukee (191) in Division 1. Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2017 The Chargers get to keep the Battle for the Bell trophy, though. David Carrillo Peñaloza, Daily Pilot, 27 Oct. 2017 There are still many trophy wives, princesses and doting mothers in denial about all the blood on the hands of their sons and husbands. Malcolm Beith, Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French trophee, from Medieval Latin tropheum, from Latin tropaeum, trophaeum, from Greek tropaion, from neuter of tropaios of a turning, of a rout, from tropē turn, rout, from trepein to turn

Noun combining form

New Latin -trophia, from Greek, from -trophos nourishing, from trephein

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trophy was in the 15th century

Phrases Containing trophy

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