champion
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)champions
- someone who has won first place in a competitionSynonyms: champtitle-holderType of rival, challengerKinds record-breaker, record-holder
- someone who fights for a causeSynonyms: fighterheropaladinType of defender, guardianKinds superhero
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.“all their supporters came out for the game”“they are friends of the library”Synonyms: supporterprotagonistadmirerboosterfriendType of advocate, advocatorKinds Confederate, enthusiast, believer, loyalist, free trader, pillar, anglophile, corporatist, Boswell, philhellene +14 more
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldSynonyms: aceadeptsensationmavenmavinvirtuosogeniushotshotstarsuperstarwhizwhizzwizardwizType of expertKinds track star
Verb (1)champions, championed, championing
Adjective (1)
- holding first place in a contest“a champion show dog”“a prizewinning wine”Synonyms: prizewinningOpposite worstSimilar best
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Translations
Noun someone who has been winner in a contest
- Spanish
- campeón
- French
- champion
- German
- Meister
- Italian
- campione
- Portuguese
- campeão
- Turkish
- şampiyon
- Russian
- чемпио́н čempión
- Arabic
- بَطَل baṭal
- Chinese
- 冠军 guànjūn
- Japanese
- チャンピオン chanpion
31 more languages
- Dutch
- kampioen
- Polish
- mistrz
- Swedish
- mästare
- Greek
- πρωταθλητής protathlitís
- Korean
- 챔피언 chaempieon
- Indonesian
- juara
- Vietnamese
- quán quân
- Hungarian
- bajnok
- Portuguese (PT)
- campeão
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 冠軍 guànjūn
- Albanian
- kampion
- Catalan
- campió
- Czech
- šampión
- Danish
- mester
- Esperanto
- ĉampiono
- Estonian
- meister
- Finnish
- mestari
- Georgian
- ჩემპიონი čemṗioni
- Hebrew
- אַלּוּף alúf
- Icelandic
- meistari
- Latvian
- čempions
- Lithuanian
- čempionas
- Norwegian
- mester
- Romanian
- campion
- Scottish Gaelic
- gaisgeach
- Serbo-Croatian
- prvak
- Slovak
- šampión
- Slovenian
- prvak
- Swahili
- bingwa
- Welsh
- pencampwr
- Yiddish
- מײַסטער mayster
Noun defender of a cause
- Spanish
- abanderado
- German
- Vorkämpfer
- Turkish
- savunucu
- Russian
- побо́рник pobórnik
- Chinese
- 拥护者 yōnghùzhě
- Japanese
- 擁護者 yōgosha
- Dutch
- voorvechter
- Swedish
- förkämpe
- Korean
- 옹호자 onghoja
- Hungarian
- bajnok
3 more languages
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 擁護者 yōnghùzhě
- Finnish
- esitaistelija
- Norwegian
- forkjemper
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. champion, fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio, fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L. campus field, taken in the sense of “field of battle.”
1. One who engages in any contest; especially one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
A stouter champion never handled sword.— William Shakespeare
Champions of law and liberty.— Fisher Ames.
2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England.
☞ Champion is used attributively in the sense of surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion pugilist; champion chess player.
Synonyms: Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender; protector.
2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
Championed or unchampioned, thou diest.— Sir Walter Scott
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54