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champion(1) (iou)



champion noun1, adjective1, & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin campio(n-), from Latin campus CAMP noun2. Cf. CAMP noun1.]
A. noun.
A fighting man; a stout fighter. arch. ME.
A person who fights, argues, etc., on behalf of another or for a cause. ME.
J. R. Ackerley A formidable champion of the rights of her own sex.
An athlete, boxer, etc., who has defeated all competitors; an overall winner of a series of competitions; an animal, a plant, etc., adjudged to be superior to all others in a show. E18.
G. Green West Germany became the world champions against all the odds.
Phrases: King's Champion, Queen's Champion, champion of England a hereditary official who offers to defend a new monarch's title to the crown at his or her coronation. seven champions: see SEVEN adjective.
b. adjective. That is a champion (esp. sense 3); that has been adjudged to be superior in competition; colloq. first-rate, splendid. E19.
J. M. Synge They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World. K. A. Porter An English bulldog of champion stock.
C. adverb. Splendidly. colloq. & dial. E20.
W. Deeping We get on champion.
championess noun (now rare) a female champion L16.
championship noun (a) the position or title of champion in a competition; a competition for this; (b) advocacy, defence: E19.