Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
TRIUMPH
I. noun (plural triumphs)
Etymology: Middle English triumphe, from Old French, from Latin triumphus
Date: 14th century
a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a decisive victory over a foreign enemy, the joy or exultation of victory or success,
3. a victory or conquest by or as if by military force, a notable success , triumphal adjective
II. intransitive verb
Date: 1508
to obtain victory ; prevail ,
2. to receive the honor of a triumph, to celebrate victory or success boastfully or exultingly