champion
//ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən//
Forms
- Plural
- champions
- present (v1)
- champion
- past (v2)
- championed
- past participle (v3)
- championed
- present participle
- championing
- 3rd person singular
- champions
Definitions
1.An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
- Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year.
2.Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
3.Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
- 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.
4.Someone who fights on another's behalf.
1.Excellent; beyond compare.
2.Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
1.To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
- While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2865
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô