[a. L. triumphātor one who triumphs, a conqueror, agent-n. f. triumphāre to TRIUMPH. Cf. OF. triomphateur (14th c.).] A conqueror; spec. a Roman general who was granted a triumph; hence transf.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. vi. § 61. The most noble King of England, and Triumphator of Ireland.
1876. T. S. Egan, trans. Heine’s Atta Troll, etc., 80. Vict’ry is at last decided, And the day, the triumphator Treads … On the necks of all the mountains.
So † Triumphatrice, Obs. rare [cf. F. triomphatrice (1769 in Littré)], a female who triumphs.
1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, IV. Prol. vi. (MS. Bodl. 263), 207/2. Dilligence, cheef triumphatrice Of slogardie, necligence & slouthe.
