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/tʃˈæmpiən/ Listen

noun

Champion n.

One who engages in any contest; especially one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero. "A stouter champion never handled sword." "Champions of law and liberty."

One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England. Note: Champion is used attributively in the sense of surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion pugilist; champion chess player.

Synonyms: Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender; protector.

verb

Champion v. t. (past & past part. championed; pres. part. championing) (Obs.) To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect. "Championed or unchampioned, thou diest."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... pardon. So we were. Yes, he does like it strong, and there's only one set of cups, white with a gold rim. There were two left the other day, but it's quite possible they have disappeared. She is a champion breaker." ...

— The Love Affairs of Pixie • Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

... the necessary resolution and confidence in it. It was so with Alexander. It was so with Xerxes and with Darius. It was so with Pyrrhus. It is so substantially at the present day, when, in all wars, each side makes itself the champion of heaven in the contest, and causes Te Deums to be chanted in their respective churches, now on this side and now on that, in pretended gratitude to God ...

— Richard I - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... The little champion of Rum Alley stumbled precipitately down the other side. His coat had been torn to shreds in a scuffle, and his hat was gone. He had bruises on twenty parts of his body, and blood was dripping ...

— Maggie: A Girl of the Streets • Stephen Crane

... to paint signboards for merchants and their walls for burghers, and console yourself with this, that you have refused a higher career from principles of virtue and magnanimity. Take your Venus, Master Champion of Virtue; I had not commissioned the purchase, and she is too dear for me. We are released from our mutual obligations, and have nothing more to do ...

— The Youth of the Great Elector • L. Muhlbach

... || The Champion Spelling Book consists of a series of lessons arranged as above for six school years, from the third to the eighth, inclusive. It presents about 1,200 words each year, and teaches 312 of them with especial clearness ...

— Health Lessons - Book 1 • Alvin Davison

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