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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  n.  [OE.  trumpe,  trompe,  F.  trompe;  probably  fr 
  L.  triumphare  to  triumph,  to  exult,  hence  probably,  to  make 
  a  joyous  sound  or  noise.  See  {Triumph},  v.  i.  &  n.,  and  cf 
  {Trombone},  {Tromp},  {Trump}  at  cards,  {Trumpery},  {Trumpet}, 
  {Trunk}  a  proboscis.] 
  A  wind  instrument  of  music;  a  trumpet,  or  sound  of  a  trumpet; 
  --  used  chiefly  in  Scripture  and  poetry. 
 
  We  shall  all  be  changed,  in  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling 
  of  an  eye,  at  the  last  trump.  --1  Cor.  xv 
  51,  52. 
 
  The  wakeful  trump  of  doom.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  v.  i.  [Cf.  OF  tromper.  See  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  To  blow  a  trumpet.  [Obs.]  --Wyclif  (Matt.  vi  2). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  n.  [A  corruption  of  triumph,  F.  triomphe  See 
  {Triumph},  and  cf  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  1.  A  winning  card;  one  of  a  particular  suit  (usually 
  determined  by  chance  for  each  deal)  any  card  of  which 
  takes  any  card  of  the  other  suits. 
 
  2.  An  old  game  with  cards,  nearly  the  same  as  whist;  -- 
  called  also  {ruff}.  --Decker. 
 
  3.  A  good  fellow;  an  excellent  person.  [Slang] 
 
  Alfred  is  a  trump,  I  think  you  say  --Thackeray. 
 
  {To  put  to  one's  trumps},  or  {To  put  on  one's  trumps},  to 
  force  to  the  last  expedient,  or  to  the  utmost  exertion. 
 
  But  when  kings  come  so  low  as  to  fawn  upon 
  philosophy,  which  before  they  neither  valued  nor 
  understood,  it  is  a  sign  that  fails  not  they  are 
  then  put  to  their  last  trump.  --Milton. 
 
  Put  the  housekeeper  to  her  trumps  to  accommodate 
  them  --W.  Irving. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trumped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trumping}.] 
  To  play  a  trump  card  when  one  of  another  suit  has  been  led. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  v.  t. 
  To  play  a  trump  card  upon  to  take  with  a  trump  card;  as  she 
  trumped  the  first  trick. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  v.  t.  [F.  tromper  to  deceive,  in  OF.,  to  blow  a 
  trumpet,  se  tromper  de  to  mock.  See  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  1.  To  trick,  or  impose  on  to  deceive.  [Obs.]  ``To  trick  or 
  trump  mankind.''  --B.  Jonson 
 
  2.  To  impose  unfairly;  to  palm  off 
 
  Authors  have  been  trumped  upon  us  --C.  Leslie. 
 
  {To  trump  up},  to  devise;  to  collect  with  unfairness;  to 
  fabricate;  as  to  trump  up  a  charge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trump 
  n  :  a  card  in  the  suit  that  has  been  declared  trumps  [syn:  {trump 
  card}] 
  v  1:  produce  a  sound  as  if  from  a  trumpet 
  2:  get  the  better  of  [syn:  {outdo},  {outflank},  {best},  {scoop}] 
  3:  play  a  trump,  in  card  games  [syn:  {ruff}] 
  4:  proclaim  or  announce  with  or  as  if  with  a  fanfare  [syn:  {trump 
  out}]




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