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Champion
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- 1 Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors. attributive, not-comparable
"a champion bodybuilder"
- 2 Excellent; beyond compare. attributive, not-comparable
- 3 Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise. British, Ireland, dialectal, not-comparable, predicative
""That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny."
- 1 holding first place in a contest wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
- 3 A place in the United States:; A ghost town in California.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Chase County, Nebraska.
- 7 A place in the United States:; A town and hamlet in Jefferson County, New York.
- 8 A place in the United States:; A township in Trumbull County, Ohio.
- 9 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
- 1 An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
"The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger."
- 2 someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field wordnet
- 3 Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
"Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe."
- 4 someone who fights for a cause wordnet
- 5 Someone who fights for a cause or status.
"Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage."
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- 6 someone who has won first place in a competition wordnet
- 7 Someone who fights on another's behalf.
"champion of the poor"
- 8 a person who backs a politician or a team etc. wordnet
- 9 A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
"Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies."
- 1 To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.). transitive
"While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide."
- 2 protect or fight for as a champion wordnet
- 3 To challenge. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysis champ + -ion. Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysis champ + -ion. Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysis champ + -ion. Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
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