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keeper

English

Etymology

From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ki?p?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ki?p?/
  • Rhymes: -i?p?(r)

Noun

keeper (plural keepers)

  1. One who keeps something.
  2. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
    • 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
      "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
    • 2005, Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101,
      When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.
    • 2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28,
      We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.
  3. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
    • And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
  4. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
  5. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
  6. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
  7. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
    • discreet; chaste; keepers at home
    • 1971, H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man
      I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives []
  8. A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
    • c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
      Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.
    • 1878, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening (volume 35, page 331)
      And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • peeker

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keeper.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kee?per
  • Rhymes: -ip?r

Noun

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

  1. (sports) keeper, goalie

Synonyms

  • doelman
  • doelvrouw

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: keeper

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champion

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

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