Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a general to whom a triumph was accorded.
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Examples
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The general who celebrated a triumph was called triumphator.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The general who celebrated a triumph was called triumphator.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The general who celebrated a triumph was called triumphator.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The general who celebrated a triumph was called triumphator.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Then this young "triumphator," who even a moment ago stood amid cheers and a shower of acacia blossoms, bowing and shaking hands on the platform, the man who for fourteen days has been the one man wherever stopped, now steps up in military order to the little Admiral and lowers his sword:
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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Finally, the pipes and flutes accompanied the triumphator home at night.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Dressed in a special toga decorated with designs in gold thread, the triumphator rode in a four-horse chariot.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The triumphator began the morning outside the city with an assembly of his troops.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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But the general did not ride on a chariot as the triumphator did; he either walked or, in Crassuss day, rode a horse.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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There, after the execution of the enemy leaders, the triumphator attended the sacrifice to Jupiter.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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