n.
(pl. trophies)
- a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.
▸a souvenir of an achievement, especially a head of an animal taken when hunting.
- (in ancient Greece or Rome) the weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory.
Etymology
C15: from Fr. trophée, via L. from Gk tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’.