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   trump

   /trʌmp/

   noun

   • 1. (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led: "declarer ruffs the opening lead and plays a trump"
   • ▪ the suit of cards ranking above the others in a particular hand: "the ace of trumps"
   • ▪ (in a tarot pack) any of a special suit of 22 cards depicting symbolic and typical figures and scenes.
   • ▪ a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, in order to gain an advantage: "in this month General Haig decided to play his trump card: the tank"
   • 2. a helpful or admirable person: informal, dated "Spencer's doctor is a trump—I am like a new man"

   verb

   • 1. (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit): "why on earth did you trump my ace?"
   • 2. surpass (something) by saying or doing something better: "taste trumps most if not all other factors when consumers choose food products"

   Word Origin early 16th century: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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