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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trophy  \Tro"phy\,  n.;  pl  {Trophies}.  [F.  troph['e]e  (cf.  It  & 
  Sp  trofeo),  L.  tropaeum  trophaeum  Gr  ?,  strictly,  a 
  monument  of  the  enemy's  defeat,  fr.?  a  turn,  especially,  a 
  turning  about  of  the  enemy,  a  putting  to  flight  or  routing 
  him  fr  ?  to  turn.  See  {Trope}.] 
  1.  (Gr.  &  Rom.  Antiq.)  A  sign  or  memorial  of  a  victory  raised 
  on  the  field  of  battle,  or  in  case  of  a  naval  victory,  on 
  the  nearest  land.  Sometimes  trophies  were  erected  in  the 
  chief  city  of  the  conquered  people. 
 
  Note:  A  trophy  consisted  originally  of  some  of  the  armor, 
  weapons,  etc.,  of  the  defeated  enemy  fixed  to  the  trunk 
  of  a  tree  or  to  a  post  erected  on  an  elevated  site, 
  with  an  inscription,  and  a  dedication  to  a  divinity. 
  The  Romans  often  erected  their  trophies  in  the  Capitol. 
 
  2.  The  representation  of  such  a  memorial,  as  on  a  medal;  esp. 
  (Arch.),  an  ornament  representing  a  group  of  arms  and 
  military  weapons,  offensive  and  defensive. 
 
  3.  Anything  taken  from  an  enemy  and  preserved  as  a  memorial 
  of  victory,  as  arms,  flags,  standards,  etc 
 
  Around  the  posts  hung  helmets,  darts,  and  spears, 
  And  captive  chariots,  axes,  shields,  and  bars,  And 
  broken  beaks  of  ships,  the  trophies  of  their  wars. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  Any  evidence  or  memorial  of  victory  or  conquest;  as  every 
  redeemed  soul  is  a  trophy  of  grace.




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