championless

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English

Etymology

From champion +‎ -less.

Adjective

championless (not comparable)

  1. Without a champion.
    • 1886, Harriett Stockall, “"From Love's Ashes"”, in Poems: Second Series:
      Lone in a far-off land, / With empty heart and treasure lost, / Poor, championless, and fortune-crost, She stretches out her hand...
    • 1921, Eleanor Farjeon, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard:
      And while men spoke betwixt wrath and mockery of the Rusty Knight, I loved more dearly that champion who was doing so ill so bravely for a championless lady...