champion

Meaning

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. (attributive, not-comparable) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
2. (attributive, not-comparable) Excellent; beyond compare.
3. (British, Ireland, dialectal, not-comparable, predicative) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

Verb

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

Synonyms

hero

🦸‍♂️

winner

champ

advocate

title-holder

victor

fighter

defend

master

conqueror

paladin

protagonist

warrior

admirer

expert

adept

booster

maven

knight

supporter

defender

mavin

prizewinning

whizz

genius

friend

athlete

whiz

cavalier

wiz

vindicator

virtuoso

wizard

superstar

sensation

star

⭐

upholder

maintain

ace

prizewinner

hotshot

heroine

🦸‍♀️

vanquisher

giant

gallant

campaigner

paragon

oversize

fight

boxer

Translations

champion

campione

campeón

campeão

Meister

kampioen

Sieger

πρωταθλητής

campió

şampiyon

Champion

voorvechter

Verfechter

Vorkämpfer

campionessa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: champioun

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Frankish *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Frankish *-jan
Frankish *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-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”). By surface analysis champ + -ion.

Sentences

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .