winner

Definition of winner in English English dictionary: One who has won or often wins; {n} one who wins, one who gains or gets; a gambler who wins a bet the contestant who wins the contest; The winner of a prize, race, or competition is the person, animal, or thing that wins it. She will present the trophies to the award winners The winner was a horse called Last Town. loser; Horse that finishes the race first; A shot that wins a point; 1 n An unexpectedly good situation, program, programmer, or person "So it turned out I could use a {lexer} generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer What a win!" 2 `real winner': Often sarcastic, but also used as high praise (see also the note under {user}) "He's a real winner --- never reports a bug till he can duplicate it and send in an example "; a gambler who wins a bet; high card; card that can or will take a trick; The seeker that made the highest bid becomes winner at the enddate of the auction; {i} victor; one who wins; a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"; A shot an opponent cannot return successfully; Every band member and every band parent The time and devotion to being the best they can be, makes everyone a winner; One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming; the contestant who wins the contest; If you say that something or someone is a winner, you mean that they are popular and successful, or that they are likely to be popular and successful. They think the appeal is a winner Selling was my game and I intended to be a winner. = success, hit failure; a card that is very likely to win a trick The Ace of Trump is a winner (unless it is the second one played on the trick) Generally, Aces and Trump are winners See also losers
winner of the contest: person who won first place, person who beat all of his competitors
winner's circle: a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses
sore winner: One who gloats over a victory
sore-winner: Attributive form of sore winner, noun
come up with a winner: (deyim) Think up a very good idea
Everybody likes Pepsi's new advertising campaign. Their advertising agency has come up with a winner.
Bible Quiz winner: person who wins the yearly Bible trivia contest (Israel)
Israel prize winner: {i} person who wins the Israel prize (national prize awarded to scientists and authors)
cup winner: sports team which is currently holding the trophy for winning the last cup final sports competition
lottery winner: the winner of a lottery
prize winner: the winner of a lottery
winners: plural of winner