champion
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[edit] English
[edit] 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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champion (plural champions)
- Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
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someone who has been winner in a contest
defender of a cause
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[edit] Adjective
champion
- (attributive) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
- (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
- (predicative) (Ireland, colloquial) Excellent; superb; deserving of high praise.
- "That roller coaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
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something very positive
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- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
[edit] Verb
champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)
- (usually of a cause) to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for
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to advocate
[edit] 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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[edit] Noun
champion m. (plural champions)