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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)
- One who keeps something.
- (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.
- 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
- 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?
- (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- 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.
- (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
- 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 […]
- 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.
- c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America
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)
- (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)
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- 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.
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
Hyponyms
- championess
Derived terms
- championess
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
champion (not comparable)
- (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
- (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
- (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)
- (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
- (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)
- 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
- Alternative form of champioun
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