victim
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
from the Latin victima, sacrificial animal
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
victim (plural victims)
- (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
- Anyone who is harmed by another.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
- “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
- An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)
- A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
- An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, The Younger Set[2]:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, … !”
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, The Younger Set[2]:
- Narratology. A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.
Translations[edit]
a living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice
anyone who is harmed by another
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an aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime
a person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking
an unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance
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(Narratology) a character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain
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