champion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person or team that wins a competition.

   The defending champion is expected to win again.

2. 2
   noun

   Someone who strongly supports and fights for a cause.

   She was a champion of women's rights.

3. 3
   adj

   Having won first place in a competition.

   They own a champion show dog.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion 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 *kampijan (“to b…

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