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See also:Championandchampión

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Etymology

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    Proto-Italic*kampos
    Frankish*kamp
    Proto-Indo-European*-yéti
    Proto-Germanic*-janą
    Frankish*-jan
    Frankish*kampijan
    Proto-Germanic*-jô
    Frankish*-jō
    Medieval Latincampiō
    Old Frenchchampiunbor.
    Middle Englishchampioun
    Englishchampion

    FromMiddle Englishchampioun, fromOld Frenchchampion, fromMedieval Latincampio(“combatant in a duel, champion”), fromFrankish*kampijō(“fighter”), fromProto-West Germanic*kampijō(“combat soldier”), a derivative ofProto-West Germanic*kampijan(“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative ofProto-West Germanic*kamp(“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic fromLatincampus(“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysischamp +‎-ion.

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    champion (pluralchampions)

    1. An ongoingwinner in a game or contest.
      The defendingchampion is expected to defeat his challenger.
      • 2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, inCNN‎[1]:
        Curry, a four-time NBAchampion 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 torepresent a group of people in a contest.
      Barcelona is eligible to play inFIFA Club World Cup as thechampion of Europe.
    3. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
      Synonym:paladin
      Emmeline Pankhurst was achampion of women's suffrage.
      • 2012, Sue Watling, Jim Rogers,Social Work in a Digital Society, page34:
        Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a DigitalChampion 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. (botany) A particularly notable member of aplantspecies, such as one of great size.
      • 1938 November 5, Puritan Cordage Mills, “Take a Lesson from a Lily”, in Elmer C. Hole, editor,American Lumberman‎[2], volume65, number3138, Chicago,page55:
        Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's achampion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies.
      • 2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer,Braiding Sweetgrass, 1st edition, Milkweed Editions,→ISBN,→LCCN, pages43–44:
        There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named thechampion for its species, the largest of its kind.
      • 2022 February 10, Christopher Doyle, “Stockton professor, students discover largest 'champion tree' in New Jersey”, inThe Press of Alantic City‎[3], archived fromthe original on10 February 2022:
        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 newchampion tree.

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    someone who has been winner in a contest
    a female champion
    defender of a cause
    someone who fights on another's behalf

    Adjective

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    champion (notcomparable)

    1. (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one'scompetitors.
      achampion bodybuilder
    2. (attributive)Excellent; beyond compare.
    3. (predicative, Ireland, British, dialect) Excellent;brilliant;superb;deserving of high praise.
      "That rollercoaster waschampion," laughed Vinny.

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    something very positive

    Verb

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    champion (third-person singular simple presentchampions,present participlechampioning,simple past and past participlechampioned)

    1. (transitive) Topromote,advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
      • 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, inRAIL, number1006, page49:
        While obviouslychampioning the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
    2. (obsolete, transitive) Tochallenge.

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    to advocate

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromOld Frenchchampion, fromMedieval Latin orLate Latincampiōnem,campiōnem(“champion, fighter”), fromFrankish*kampijō, fromProto-Germanic*kampijô, based onLatincampus(“level ground”).

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    champion m (pluralchampions,femininechampionne)

    1. champion

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    champion

    1. alternative form ofchampioun

    Old French

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    Noun

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    champion

    1. alternative form ofchampiun
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