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champeen

champeen noun: a champion.

Noun

champeen (plural champeens)

  1. (nonstandard) A champion.
    • "He could whip a dozen Cyclone Dicks in the same evening with his eyes shut."
      "He's the next champeen," admitted the first speaker.1912, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in The Prince and Betty
    • "You're right, me lad, I was the best fightin' man, the greatest champeen as ever was."1917, Jeffrey Farnol, chapter 24, in The Definite Object

Examples of champeen in a sentence

  • "I'd take a li'l' bet that New York ain't lookin' for no champeen ropers or bronco-busters," said Stace.1920, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 1, in The Big-Town Round-Up:
  • And in this corner, that Iberian emoter, champeen tenor Placido Domingo!1991 August 12, “Entertainment: Will Tyson Do The Encores?”, in Time:
  • Lance Armstrong, champeen of the cycling world.2005 July 24, Paul Oerjuerge, “Armstrong untouchable to the end”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, USA, retrieved 18 Oct 2010:

Forms of champeen

pluralchampeens

Origin of champeen

A corruption of champion.

Questions about champeen

What does champeen mean?
Champeen means a champion.
How do you use champeen in a sentence?
"I'd take a li'l' bet that New York ain't lookin' for no champeen ropers or bronco-busters," said Stace.
What part of speech is champeen?
Champeen is a noun.
What is the plural of champeen?
The plural of champeen is champeens.

Words near champeen in the dictionary

  1. Champeaus
  2. champed
  3. champed at the bit
  4. champed down on
  5. champed up
  6. champeen
  7. champeens
  8. Champenois
  9. champer
  10. Champernowne
  11. Champernowne constant

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