Obs. Also 6 victorour, victourer. [Extended form of VICTOR sb.1, in common use c. 1560–1610.] A victor or vanquisher.
1553. Brende, Q. Curtius, IV. 57. He that is so juste an enemy, and so merciful a victorour.
1555. Eden, Decades (Arb.), 50. Greater commoditie hath therof ensewed to the vanquisshed then the victourers.
1577. B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb., I. (1586), 5 b. The Earth in the meane time reioysing to be torne with a Victorers shaare.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 300. The manner was to hang this ridiculous puppet under the chariots of noble victorers riding in triumph.
1631. Gouge, God’s Arrows, III. § 71. 314. Like victorers they continued to hold up their banners.
