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trophy

UK/ˈtɹəʊfi/ US/ˈtɹɒfi/ fairly common

noun

1.

an award for success in war or hunting

2.

something given as a token of victory

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Origin

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).

Phrases

  • fuck trophy
  • government trophy
  • lead trophy
  • participation trophy
  • trophy boyfriend
  • trophy case
  • trophy girlfriend
  • trophy hunt

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