champion
Meaning
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- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
- A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
Synonyms
title-holder
supreme ruler
prize-winner
recordsman
cup-holder
title holder
defend from
push for
support fight for
good fighter
overthrowing a man
give an incentive
terrace in base
shapourne
argue for
record-breaker
top-rank
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/
Etymology
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”).
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