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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section V. Results of Voluntary Action

733. Trophy.

   NOUN:TROPHY; medal, prize, palm, laurel, laurels, bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown; insignia [See Indication]; eulogy, citation; scholarship; feather in one’s cap (honor) [See Repute]; garland; triumphal arch; Victoria Cross, Congressional medal, croix de guerre [F.], médaille militaire [F.], Iron Cross; Carnegie medal, Nobel prize; blue ribbon; red ribbon of the Legion of Honor; decoration [See Title].
  TRIUMPH (celebration) [See Celebration]; flying colors (show) [See Ostentation].
   QUOTATIONS:
  1. Monumentum ære perennius.—Horace
  2. For valor.
  3. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths.—Richard III
  4. ’Tis deeds must win the prize.—Taming of the Shrew
  5. It is a conquest for a prince to boast of.—I Henry IV