Meaning of CHAMPION
| Pronunciation: | | 'champeeun
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- [n] someone who fights for a cause
- [n] someone who has won first place in a competition
- [n] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
- [adj] holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
- [adj] clearly superior or having the attributes of a winner; "a champion at teaching"
- [v] protect or fight for as a champion
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| | Synonyms: | | admirer, best, booster, champ, defend, fighter, friend, hero, paladin, prizewinning, protagonist, superior, supporter, title-holder |
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| | See Also: | | advocate, advocator, anglophil, anglophile, back, believer, Boswell, challenger, competition, competitor, Confederate, contender, convert, defender, endorse, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, guardian, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, plump for, plunk for, proponent, protector, ratifier, record-breaker, record-holder, rival, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, shielder, stalwart, subscriber, support, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig | |
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| | Definition: | | Champion
It`s hard to find a more charismatic, conflicted, or charming figure in the history of sports than Muhammad Ali. This biography bobs and weaves through the glorious victories and painful losses in Ali`s life, from the police officer who told him, at age 12, to take boxing lessons if he wanted to capture the thief who stole his bicycle, to his triumphant return to the world stage as a torch bearer at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. With oil paintings. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Championed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Championing}.] [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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| | Definition: | | (1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly "the man between the two," denoting the position of Goliath between the two camps. Single combats of this kind at the head of armies were common in ancient times. In ver. 51 this word is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and properly denotes "a mighty man." |
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| | Related Terms: | | A per se, abettor, ace, admirer, advocate, aficionado, allege in support, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, angel, answer, apologete, apologist, apologizer, arch, argue for, arm, armor, assert, attorney, award winner, back, back up, backer, backstop, backup, backup man, bang-up, banner, battle, best, bless, blue-ribbon, boss, buff, campaigner, capital, cardinal, central, champ, chief, choice, chosen, cloak, combatant, commander, compass about, conquering hero, conqueror, conquistador, contend, contend for, copyright, counter, cover, cream, crowning, cushion, dandy, dean, defeater, defend, defender, dependence, deputy, distinguished, dominant, dummy, easy winner, elect, elite, encourager, endorser, ensure, espouse, executive officer, exponent, expounder, fan, fat, favorer, fence, fend, fight for, fighter, figurehead, first, flank, flower, focal, for the best, foremost, forward, friend at court, fugleman, genius, get behind, get in behind, great, greatest, guarantee, guard, guard against, guardian, handpicked, harbor, haven, head, headmost, hegemonic, hero, higher-up, illustrious, insure, justifier, keep, keep from harm, laureate, leader, leading, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, lover, Maecenas, magisterial, main, mainstay, maintain, maintainer, make a plea, make safe, master, matchless, medalist, nestle, nonesuch, nonpareil, Olympic medal winner, optimal, optimum, outstanding, overruling, paladin, pancratiast, paragon, paramount, paranymph, partisan, patent, patron, patroness, peerless, pick, picked, pillar, pinch hitter, plead for, pleader, police, predominant, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevailing, primal, primary, prime, principal, prize, prizeman, prizetaker, prizewinner, procurator, prodigy, promote, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protect, protector, protectress, proxy, queen, quintessence, quintessential, ranking, rebut, refute, register, reliance, reply, representative, respond, ride shotgun for, riposte, rock, ruler, ruling, run interference for, runner-up, safeguard, safekeeper, say in defense, screen, second, second in command, secondary, seconder, sectary, secure, select, senior, shelter, shield, shoo-in, shroud, side with, sider, sovereign, speak for, speak up for, splendid, sponsor, stalwart, stand back of, stand behind, stand by, stand up for, standby, stand-in, star, stellar, stick by, stick up for, subduer, subjugator, substitute, successful advocate, supereminent, superior, superlative, superman, superstar, support, supporter, supreme, sure winner, surpassing, surrogate, sustain, sustainer, sympathizer, take sides with, the best, the best ever, the greatest, the most, the tops, the very best, top dog, topflight, top-notch, tower, tower of strength, triumpher, understudy, underwrite, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, uphold, upholder, urge reasons for, utility man, vanquisher, very best, veteran, vicar, vicar general, vice, vicegerent, victor, vindicator, virtuoso, votary, warrior, well-wisher, whitewasher, winner, world champion, world-record holder |
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