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English

Noun

athletes

1. plural of athlete

Anagrams

• stealeth

English

Etymology

From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampij? (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampij? (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in Proto-West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?æmpi?n/

Noun

champion (plural champions)

1. An ongoing winner in a game or contest.

2. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

3. Someone who fights for a cause or status.

   Synonym: paladin

   • 2012, Sue Watling, ?Jim Rogers, Social Work in a Digital Society (page 34)

     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.

Hyponyms

• championess

Derived terms

• championess

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

champion (not comparable)

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

Related terms

• championship

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “champion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• champion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• champion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• champion at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From Old French champion, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campi?, campi?nem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampij?, from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.pj??/

Noun

champion m (plural champions)

1. champion

Derived terms

• champion du monde
• championnat
• championner

Related terms

• champ

Descendants

• ? Czech: šampión
• ? Slovak: šampión
• ? Turkish: ?ampiyon

Further reading

• “champion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

champion

1. Alternative form of champioun