champion

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kampioen

voorvechter

titelhouder

verdedigen

aanhanger

bepleiten

vorstaan

eerste klasse

meesterlijk

voorvechten

schildvoet

ACE

eersteklas

kampvechter

opkomen voor

prima

voorstaan

winnares

winner

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).

Zinnen

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .

Chandler won en werd bekend als de Amerikaanse kampioen middengewicht.