champian

English

Alternative forms

• champion, champyon

Etymology

Variant form of champaign.

Noun

champian (plural champians)

1. A plain; a flat expanse of land; a champaign.
2. A species of landscape that is flat and open.
3. The level open countryside, as distinct from the mountains, forests or towns.
4. (agriculture) common land; land that is not enclosed
5. Someone who farms land that is not enclosed.
6. A battlefield, especially when flat and open.
7. A field of inquiry or study.

Translations

flat expanse of land — see plain

species of landscape — see plain

level open countryside — see plain

agriculture: common land — see common land

someone who farms land that is not enclosed

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battlefield — see battlefield

field of inquiry or study — see field

Adjective

champian (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Flat and open, like a champaign.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.4:

     Him selfe out of the forest he did wynd, / And by good fortune the plaine champion wonne […].

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “champian”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Panchami, chinampa