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noun
1.
a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
2.
anything that takes first place in competition: the champion of a cattle show.
3.
an animal that has won a certain number of points in officially recognized shows: This dog is a champion.
4.
a person who fights for or defends any person or cause: a champion of the oppressed.
5.
a fighter or warrior.
verb (used with object)
6.
to act as champion of; defend; support: to champion a cause.
7.
Obsolete. to defy.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin campiōn- (stem of campiō) < West Germanic *kampiōn-, equivalent to kamp- battle (< Latin campus field, battlefield) + -iōn- noun suffix; compare Old English cempa warrior, etc.
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin campiōn- (stem of campiō) < West Germanic *kampiōn-, equivalent to kamp- battle (< Latin campus field, battlefield) + -iōn- noun suffix; compare Old English cempa warrior, etc.
Related forms
cham·pi·on·less, adjective
cham·pi·on·like, adjective
non·cham·pi·on, noun
pre·cham·pi·oned, adjective
un·cham·pi·oned, adjective
Synonyms
1. winner, victor. 4. defender, protector. 6. maintain, fight for, advocate.
1. winner, victor. 4. defender, protector. 6. maintain, fight for, advocate.
Antonyms
1. loser.
1. loser.
Example Sentences
- To champion something is to support it, to defend it.
- Perhaps, in this present day, a champion might be no longer necessary.
- The star quarterback stands in stark contrast to the math-team champion.
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Word Origin & History
champion
early 13c., from O.Fr. champion, from L.L. campionem (nom. campio) "gladiator, combatant in the field," from L. campus "field (of combat);" see campus. Had been borrowed earlier by O.E. as cempa. The verb "to fight for, defend, protect" is from 1820.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Champion definition
(1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly "the man between the two," denoting the position of Goliath between the two camps. Single combats of this kind at the head of armies were common in ancient times. In ver. 51 this word is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and properly denotes "a mighty man."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
champion
one who fights in behalf of another. During the Middle Ages a feature of Anglo-Norman law was trial by battle, a procedure in which guilt or innocence was decided by a test of arms. Clergy, children, women, and persons disabled by age or infirmity had the right to nominate champions to fight by proxy.
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