champion
31champion — championless, adj. championlike, adj. /cham pee euhn/, n. 1. a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion. 2. anything that takes first place in… …
32champion — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, supreme, true, undisputed ▪ current, defending, reigning ▪ The reigning champion will defend her title toni …
33champion — [[t]tʃæ̱mpiən[/t]] ♦♦ champions, championing, championed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight. ...a former Olympic champion... Kasparov became world champion. ...champion… …
34champion — I UK [ˈtʃæmpɪən] / US noun [countable] Word forms champion : singular champion plural champions *** 1) someone who has won an important competition, especially in sport the world heavyweight boxing champion Brazil s first game will be against… …
35CHAMPION — s. m. Celui qui combattait en champ clos pour sa querelle, ou pour la querelle d autrui. Brave, vaillant champion. Ceux qui ne pouvaient pas combattre de leur personne, comme les vieillards, les estropiés, les ecclésiastiques, les dames,… …
36champion — (chan pi on) s. m. 1° Celui qui combattait en champ clos. Celui qui soutenait en champ clos une querelle judiciaire pour son compte ou pour celui d autrui. Ceux qui ne pouvaient combattre de leur personne fournissaient des champions. En… …
37champion — cham|pi|on1 W2 [ˈtʃæmpiən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin campio] 1.) someone or something that has won a competition, especially in sport ▪ the world heavyweight boxing champion ▪ the Olympic champion reigning/defending …
38Champion — Erster; Bester; Gewinner; Sieger; Erstplatzierter * * * Cham|pi|on [ tʃ̮ɛmpi̯ən], der; s, s: Meister[in] einer sportlichen Disziplin: im Tennisklub ist sie der Champion. Syn.: ↑ Gewinner, ↑ Gewinneri …
39Champion — This most interesting surname is of Anglo French origin, and is an occupational name for a professional champion, especially an agent employed to represent one of the parties in a trial by combat, a method of settling disputes in the Middle Ages …
40champion — {{11}}champion (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. champion combatant, champion in single combat (12c.), from L.L. campionem (nom. campio) gladiator, fighter, combatant in the field, from L. campus field (of combat); see CAMPUS (Cf. campus). Had been… …
