champion

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

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.
4. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
5. A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

Adj

1. Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
2. Excellent; beyond compare.
3. Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

Verb

1. To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
2. (obsolete) To challenge.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
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”).

Sakiniai

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .

Chandleris laimėjo, tapdamas žinomas kaip Amerikos vidutinio svorio čempionas.