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champaigns

champaigns is the plural of champaign.

Meaning of champaign

Noun

champaign (plural champaigns)

  1. (archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
    • Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on...[1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum Sextum”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaves 85, recto –...
  2. (obsolete) A battlefield.

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Questions about champaigns

What is champaigns the plural of?
Champaigns is the plural of champaign.

Words near champaigns in the dictionary

  1. champagnizes
  2. champagnizing
  3. champagny
  4. champaign
  5. Champaign County
  6. champaigns
  7. champain
  8. champaine
  9. champak
  10. champaka
  11. champakas

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