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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
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪnsənt/
- Hyphenation: vin‧cent
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
vincent
- third-person plural future active indicative of vincō