champion

Meanings

Noun

• An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
• Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
• Someone who fights for a cause or status.
• Someone who fights on another's behalf.

Adjective

• Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
• Excellent; beyond compare.
• Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

Verb

• To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
• To challenge.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• championess

Origin

• From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio ("combatant in a duel, champion"), from Frankish *kampijō ("fighter"), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō ("combat soldier"), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan ("to battle, to campaign"), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp ("battlefield, battle"), ultimately a borrowing in Proto-West-Germanic from Latin campus ("a field, a plain, a place of action").