Definitions for champion
ˈtʃæm pi əncham·pi·on

Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. champion, champ, title-holder(noun)

   someone who has won first place in a competition

2. champion, fighter, hero, paladin(noun)

   someone who fights for a cause

3. supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend(noun)

   a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

   "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

4. ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz(adj)

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

5. champion, prizewinning(verb)

   holding first place in a contest

   "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

6. champion, defend(verb)

   protect or fight for as a champion

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. champion(Noun)

   Someone who has been a winner in a contest.

2. champion(Noun)

   Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

3. champion(Verb)

   to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for

4. champion(Adjective)

   Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.

5. champion(Adjective)

   Excellent; beyond compare.

6. champion(Adjective)

   (predicative) (Ireland, colloquial) Excellent; superb; deserving of high praise.

   "That roller coaster was champion," laughed Vinny.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Champion(verb)

   to furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Champion

   A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling; or copied from real life, such as the koenig and kaiser in traditional archery competitions in the Low Countries. ⁕In a broader sense, nearly any sort of competition can be considered a championship, and the winner of it a champion. Thus, there are championships for many non-sporting competitions such as spelling bees or wargames. In this context, it is used as a noun. An example would be, "Bianca is a CHAMPION". ⁕It is also possible to champion a cause. In an ideological sense, encompassing religion, a champion may be an evangelist, a visionary advocate who clears the field for the triumph of the idea. Or the champion may merely make a strong case for a new corporate division to a resistant board of directors. Such a champion may take on responsibility for publicizing the project and garnering funding. But in this case he or she is beyond a simple promoter. The word is thus used as a verb. An example is, "The fundraiser championed rights for everyone."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Champion

   cham′pi-un, n. one who fights in single combat for himself or for another: one who defends a cause: a successful combatant: in boxing, running, &c., one who has excelled all others: a hero:—fem. Cham′pioness.—adj. acting as champion, first: first-class.—v.t. (obs.) to challenge: to defend: to support.—n. Cham′pionship. [Fr.,—Low L. campio, campion-em—L. campus, a plain, a place for games.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. champion

   The great champion of England, who at the coronation of the sovereign throws down his gauntlet, and defies all comers. Held at the coronations of George IV., William IV., and Victoria, by a naval officer, a middy in 1821.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'champion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3088

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'champion' in Nouns Frequency: #983

How to pronounce champion?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of champion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of champion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of champion in a Sentence

1. Pat Riley:

   When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

2. New Zealand captain McCullum:

   It's been one hell of a ride for us, right the way through, we played some outstanding cricket and we ran into an outstanding Australian team today who continue to set the way in international cricket. Full credit to them, they're deserved champions, and Michael Clarke deserved to bow out a World Cup-winning champion.

3. Hugh Dugan:

   In the absence of concrete action to address such wrongdoing, the credibility of the United Nations as champion of human rights and human security is called-out — right under its own roof, while disciplinary measures against other U.N. employees might be meted out as an administrative matter, criminality is more challenging to address for abuses taking place in U.N. properties, which are technically international territories, and not within the jurisdiction of the United States or other host countries.

4. Elizabeth Economy:

   It really speaks to the depth of the Chinese concern in their economies and their desire to get the US-China relationship back on a more even keel, at any other time, if The Chinese were feeling more confident, if they were feeling Elizabeth Economy were more robust, the response would have been to cancel any pledges they made. This company is a national champion, and the daughter of the founder, who is the CFO, it doesn't get any tighter with the leadership of the elite than this.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I'm running for president because I think that Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be this champion, i want to stand up and fight for people so that they cannot just get by, but they get ahead and they can stay ahead.

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