Word.ws English Dictionary

champian

champian noun: synonym of champaign.

Noun

champian (plural champians)

  1. Synonym of champaign.
    Synonyms:
    champaign

Adjective

champian (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of champaign.
    • An hundred horeſmen of my companie
      Scowting abroad vpon theſe champion plaines,
      Haue view’d the army of the Scythians,
      Which make report it far exceeds the Kings.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • Him selfe out of the forest he did wynd, / And by good fortune the plaine champion wonne […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    champaign

Examples of champian in a sentence

  • The countrey above, is champian and not barren,- but rarely inhabited.1652, George Sandys, Sandys Travailes: containing a history of the Originall an ..., page 21:
  • The lower, which contained the Tribes of Zcbulon and Iffachar, because it was Champian, was called the Great Field1703, Daniel Whitby, A paraphrase and commentary on the New Testament:
  • The Couutry in general is Champian, and low, but sometimes rises into pleasant Hills1715, Guy Miege, Present State of His Majesty's Dominions in Germany, page 558:

Synonyms of champian

Forms of champian

pluralchampians
alternative formchampion
alternative formchampyon

Origin of champian

Variant form of champaign.

Questions about champian

What does champian mean?
Champian means synonym of champaign.
How do you use champian in a sentence?
The countrey above, is champian and not barren,- but rarely inhabited.
What part of speech is champian?
Champian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of champian?
The plural of champian is champians.

Words near champian in the dictionary

  1. champes
  2. champeta
  3. champfrein
  4. champfreins
  5. Champhai
  6. champian
  7. champians
  8. Champie
  9. Champies
  10. champignon
  11. champignons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: champian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “champian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/champian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.