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English
Etymology
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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Noun
champion (plural champions)
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Synonym: paladin
Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
2012, Sue Watling, Jim Rogers, Social Work in a Digital Society, page 34:Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included.
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
champion of the poor
- (botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
1938 November 5, Puritan Cordage Mills, “Take a Lesson from a Lily”, in Elmer C. Hole, editor, American Lumberman, volume 65, number 3138, Chicago, page 55:Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies.
2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1st edition, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, →LCCN, pages 43–44:There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named the champion for its species, the largest of its kind.
2022 February 10, Christopher Doyle, “Stockton professor, students discover largest 'champion tree' in New Jersey”, in The Press of Alantic City, archived from the original on 2022-02-10:He [Matthew Olson] was searching for red maple trees to be tapped for syrup as part of the Stockton Maple Project when he came across the new champion tree.
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someone who has been winner in a contest
- Albanian: kampion (sq) m
- Arabic: بَطَل m (baṭal)
- Armenian: չեմպիոն (hy) (čʻempion)
- Asturian: campeón m
- Azerbaijani: çempion (az)
- Basque: txapeldun
- Belarusian: чэмпіён m (čempijón), чэмпіёнка f (čempijónka)
- Bulgarian: шампио́н m (šampión), шампио́нка f (šampiónka)
- Catalan: campió (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冠軍/冠军 (zh) (guànjūn)
- Czech: mistr (cs) m, mistryně (cs) f, přeborník m, šampión m
- Danish: mester (da), champion
- Dutch: kampioen (nl) m, kampioene (nl) f
- Esperanto: ĉampiono, ĉampionino
- Estonian: meister, tšempion
- Faroese: meistari m
- Finnish: mestari (fi)
- French: champion (fr) m, championne (fr) f
- Gagauz: çempion
- Galician: campión m
- Georgian: ჩემპიონი (čemṗioni)
- German: Sieger (de) m, Siegerin (de) f, Gewinner (de) m, Gewinnerin (de) f, Meister (de) m, Meisterin (de) f
- Greek: πρωταθλητής (el) m (protathlitís), πρωταθλήτρια (el) f (protathlítria)
- Ancient: πρόμαχος m (prómakhos)
- Hebrew: אַלּוּף (he) m (alúf), אַלּוּפָה f (alufa)
- Hindi: चैंपियन m (ca͠ipiyan)
- Hungarian: bajnok (hu)
- Indonesian: pemenang (id), juara (id)
- Irish: curadh, seaimpín m
- Italian: campione (it) m, campionessa (it) f
- Japanese: チャンピオン (ja) (chanpion), 優勝者 (ja) (ゆうしょうしゃ, yūshōsha), 王者 (ja) (おうじゃ, ōja)
- Kazakh: чемпион (çempion)
- Khmer: ជើងឯក (cəəng ʼaek)
- Korean: 챔피언 (ko) (chaempieon), 우승자(優勝者) (useungja)
- Kyrgyz: чемпион (ky) (cempion)
- Latin: adversarius m, adversaria f
- Latvian: čempions m, čempione f
- Lithuanian: čempionas m, čempionė f
- Low German: Meester m, Mester (nds) m, Meister m, Meesterin f, Meestersch f, Meestersche f, Winner m, Winnerin f, Winnersch f, Winnersche f
- Macedonian: шампио́н m (šampión), шампио́нка f (šampiónka)
- Maori: papatū, whakaihuwaka, toki
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: аварга (mn) (avarga), тэмцэгч (mn) (temcegč)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: mester (no) m
- Nynorsk: meister m
- Occitan: campion (oc) m
- Pashto: اتل (ps) m (atël), اتله f (atëla)
- Persian: قهرمان (fa) (qahremân)
- Polish: mistrz (pl) m, mistrzyni (pl) f, zwyciężca (pl) m
- Portuguese: campeão (pt) m, campeã f
- Romagnol: as m
- Romanian: campion (ro) m, campioană (ro) f
- Russian: чемпио́н (ru) m (čempión), чемпио́нка (ru) f (čempiónka), победи́тель (ru) m (pobedítelʹ), победи́тельница (ru) f (pobedítelʹnica)
- Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пр̀ва̄к m, по̀беднӣк m, по̀бједнӣк m, шампѝо̄н m
- Roman: pr̀vāk (sh) m, pòbednīk (sh) m, pòbjednīk (sh) m, šampìōn (sh) m
- Slovak: šampión m, majster m, majsterka f, preborník m
- Slovene: prvak (sl) m, prvakinja f
- Spanish: campeón (es) m, campeona (es) f
- Swahili: bingwa (sw)
- Swedish: vinnare (sv) c, vinnarinna c (female), mästare (sv) c, mästarinna (sv) c (female)
- Tajik: қаҳрамон (qahramon), чемпион (čempion)
- Tatar: җиңүче (tt) (ciñüçe), җиңеп чыгучы (ciñep çığuçı), өстен чыгучы (östen çığuçı)
- Thai: แชมเปี้ยน, แชมป์ (th)
- Turkish: şampiyon (tr)
- Turkmen: çempion
- Ukrainian: чемпіо́н m (čempión), чемпіо́нка f (čempiónka)
- Uzbek: chempion (uz)
- Vietnamese: quán quân (vi), nhà vô địch
- Welsh: hyrwyddwr (cy)
- Yiddish: מײַסטער m (mayster), מײַסטערין f (maysterin)
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defender of a cause
- Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m (zaštítnik), побо́рник (bg) m (pobórnik)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 擁護者/拥护者 (zh) (yōnghùzhě)
- Dutch: voorvechter (nl) m
- Finnish: puolestapuhuja (fi)
- German: Vorkämpfer (de) m, Beschützer (de) m, Fürsprecher (de) m
- Greek: υπέρμαχος (el) m (ypérmachos), υπερασπιστής (el) m (yperaspistís)
- Japanese: 擁護者 (ja) (ようごしゃ, yōgosha)
- Latin: propugnator m, propugnatrix f, praeses (la) m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forkjemper m
- Nynorsk: forkjempar m
- Pashto: اتل (ps) m (atël), اتله f (atëla)
- Russian: побо́рник (ru) m (pobórnik), побо́рница (ru) f (pobórnica), защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f (zaščítnica)
- Scots: fechter
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀бо̄рнӣк m, загово̀рнӣк m
- Roman: pòbōrnīk (sh) m, zagovòrnīk (sh) m
- Spanish: adalid (es), valedor, abanderado (es) m, defensor (es) m, paladín (es) m, quijote (es) m
- Swedish: förkämpe (sv) c
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someone who fights on another's behalf
Adjective
champion (not comparable)
- (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
- (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
- (predicative, Ireland, British, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
"That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
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Verb
champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)
- (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 49:While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
- (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.
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References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “champion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “champion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “champion”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “champion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiōnem, campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō, from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).
Pronunciation
Noun
champion m (plural champions, feminine championne)
- champion
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Middle English
Noun
champion
- Alternative form of champioun