champion

See also Champion

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin campio (“a champion, combatant in a duel”), from campus (“a battle, duel”), from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).

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Noun

champion (plural champions)

1. Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
2. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

Translations

someone who has been winner in a contest

• Albanian: kampion (sq) m
• Armenian: չեմպիոն (hy) (čempion)
• Bulgarian: шампион (bg) (šampion) m
• Czech: mistr (cs) m, přeborník (cs) m, šampión (cs) m
• Danish: mester (da), champion (da)
• Dutch: kampioen (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉampiono (eo)
• Faroese: meistari (fo) m
• French: champion (fr) m, championne (fr) f
• German: Sieger (de) m, Gewinner (de) m, Meister (de) m
• Greek: πρωταθλητής (el) (protathlitís) m
• Hebrew: אלוף (he) (aluf) m, אלופה (he) (alufa) f
• Hungarian: bajnok (hu)
• Indonesian: pemenang (id), juara (id)
• Irish: curadh (ga), seaimpín (ga) m
• Italian: campione (it) m, campionessa (it) f
• Japanese: チャンピオン (ja) (chanpion), 優勝者 (ja) (yūshōsha)
• Latin: adversarius (la), adversarius (la) m, adversaria (la) f

• Low German: Meester (nds) m, Mester (nds) m, Meister (nds) m, Meesterin (nds) f, Meestersch (nds) f, Meestersche (nds) f, Winner (nds) m, Winnerin (nds) f, Winnersch (nds) f, Winnersche (nds) f
• Mandarin: 冠军 (cmn) (guànjūn), 拥护者 (cmn) (yōnghùzhě)
• Pashto: اتل (ps) (atël) m, اتله (ps) (atëla) f
• Portuguese: campeão (pt) m
• Romanian: campion (ro) m, campioană (ro) f
• Russian: чемпион (ru) (čempión) m
• Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: prvak (sh) m, pobednik (sh) m
• Slovak: šampión (sk) m, majster (sk) m, preborník (sk) m
• Slovene: prvak (sl) m
• Spanish: campeón (es) m
• Swahili: bingwa (sw)
• Turkish: şampiyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: quán quân (vi)
• Welsh: hyrwyddwr (cy)
• Yiddish: מײַסטער (yi) (mayster) m

defender of a cause

• Bulgarian: защитник (bg) (zaštitnik) m, поборник (bg) (pobornik) m
• Dutch: voorvechter (nl) m
• Greek: υπέρμαχος (el) (ypérmachos) m, υπερασπιστής (el) (yperaspistís) m
• Latin: propugnator (la) m, propugnatrix (la) f, praeses (la) m

• Pashto: اتل (ps) (atël) m, اتله (ps) (atëla) f
• Scots: fechter
• Serbo-Croatian: pobornik (sh) m
• Swahili: bingwa (sw)

Adjective

champion

1. (attributive) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
2. (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
3. (predicative) (Ireland, colloquial) Excellent; superb; deserving of high praise.

   "That roller coaster was champion," laughed Vinny.

Translations

something very positive

• Bulgarian: отличен (bg) (otličen)
• Danish: mesterlig (da), førsteklasses (da)
• Dutch: meesterlijk (nl), eerste klasse (nl)

• Finnish: mestari (fi)
• Pashto: اتل (ps) (atël)
• Swahili: bingwa (sw)

Related terms

• championship

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Verb

champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)

1. (usually of a cause) to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for

Translations

to advocate

• Bulgarian: защитавам (bg) (zaštitavam), подкрепям (bg) (podkrepjam)
• Danish: forsvare (da), forfægte (da)
• Dutch: voorvechten (nl)
• Finnish: puolustaa, taistella jonkun puolesta

• French: championner
• Greek: προασπίζω (el) (proaspízo), υπερασπίζομαι (el) (yperaspízomai)
• Swahili: bingwa (sw)

External links

• champion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• champion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• champion at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Noun

champion m (plural champions)

1. champion

Derived terms

• championnat
• championner