vincent
See also: Vincent
English
Etymology
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the Latin verb vincō. It could be either the stem of the present active participle vincēns (“the conquering man”) or the third-person plural future active indicative meaning ‘they will conquer’.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
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Noun
vincent (plural vincents)
- (historical slang) The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 26:
- If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) vincent