champion
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Etymology edit
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“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 West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæmpjən/
- Rhymes: -æmpiən
Noun edit
champion (plural champions)
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Synonym: paladin
- Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
- 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.
- champion of the poor
- (botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, 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[1], volume 65, number 3138, Chicago, page 55:
- Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies.
- 2022 February 10, Christopher Doyle, “Stockton professor, students discover largest 'champion tree' in New Jersey”, in The Press of Alantic City[2], archived from the original on 2022-02-10:
- 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 new champion tree.
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- → Danish: champion
- → German: Champion
- → Estonian: tšempion
- → Georgian: ჩემპიონი (čemṗioni)
- → Irish: seaimpín
- → Japanese: チャンピオン (chanpion)
- → Korean: 챔피언 (chaempieon)
- → Latvian: čempions
- → Lithuanian: čempionas
- → Polish: czempion
- → Russian: чемпио́н (čempión)
- → Swahili: championi
- → Ukrainian: чемпіон (čempion)
- → Yiddish: טשעמפּיאָן (tshempyon)
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Adjective edit
champion (not comparable)
- (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
- (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
- (predicative, Ireland, British, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
- "That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
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Verb edit
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.).
- 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 49:
- While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
- (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.
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References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “champion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “champion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “champion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “champion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiōnem, campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō, from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).
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Noun edit
champion m (plural champions, feminine championne)
- champion
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Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: шампион (šampion)
- → Czech: šampión
- → Finnish: sampioni
- → Northern Kurdish: şampiyon
- → Luxembourgish: Champion
- → Macedonian: шампион (šampion)
- → Serbo-Croatian: шампион (šampion)
- → Slovak: šampión
- → Turkish: şampiyon
Further reading edit
- “champion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
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champion
- Alternative form of champioun
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