1. a person or thing that
wins; victor.
2. winner take all, a situation or outcome whereby the winner receives all the prizes or rewards.
Origin
1325-75; Middle English; see
win,
-er1 Examples from the web for winner
- Most of them, including the winner, wore only a breech-clout and were decked with feathers.
- However younger he be, however stronger, he tamely suffers himself to be bound and sold by the winner.
- winner is responsible for all federal, state and local income taxes, if applicable.
- In my humble opinion, vanilla is going to be the real winner.
- And the winner of our wiliest squirrel contest is.
- The winner is the book that takes the longest time to fall apart.
- They are only enlivened by technical hitches and the occasional political rant by a drunken winner.
- If these obstacles can be overcome, then the biggest winner will be the patient.
- The winner establishes a record that others have to break.
- At that time, readers can vote online for one readers' choice winner.
British Dictionary definitions for winner
noun 1. a person or thing that wins
2. (informal) a person or thing that seems sure to win or succeed
Word Origin and History for winner
n. mid-14c., agent noun from win (v.).
Slang definitions & phrases for winner
winner
noun A very promising and successful person or thing; hot shot: Your new poem is a winner/ Hire this guy, he looks like a winner/ That passing shot was a winner