champion

nounadjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

United States//ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən//
Australia//ˈt͡ʃæmpjən//
//ˈt͡ʃæmp.jɪn//

An ongoing winner in a game or contest.

noun

1
An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year.
2
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.
3
Someone who fights for a cause or status.
Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included.
4
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
champion of the poor
5
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.
There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named the champion for its species, the largest of its kind.
He [Matthew Olson] was searching for red maple trees to be tapped for syrup as part of the Stockton Maple Project when he came across the new champion tree.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-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 *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).

adjective

1
Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
a champion bodybuilder
2
Excellent; beyond compare.
3
Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
"That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.

verb

1
To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
2
obsoleteTo challenge.

Forms

plural: champions
past tense: championed
past participle: championed
present participle: championing
third person singular: champions

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