champion
/ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/
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Australia/ˈt͡ʃæmpjən/
champion noun: an ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Noun
champion (plural champions)
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
- Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year.2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
- Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
- Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included.2012, Sue Watling, Jim Rogers, Social Work in a Digital Society, page 34
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
- champion of the poor
- A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
- Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies.1938 November 5, Puritan Cordage Mills, “Take a Lesson from a Lily”, in Elmer C. Hole, editor, American Lumberman, volume 65, number 3138, Chicago, page 55
- There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named the champion for its species, the largest of its kind.2013, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1st edition, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, →LCCN, pages 43–44
Adjective
champion (not comparable)
Verb
champion (third-person singular simple present champions, present participle championing, simple past and past participle championed)
- To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
- While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 49
- To challenge.
Proper noun capitalized: Champion
Champion
- A surname.
- A village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
- A ghost town in California.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marquette County, Michigan.
- A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- A census-designated place in Chase County, Nebraska.
- A town and hamlet in Jefferson County, New York.
- A township in Trumbull County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
champion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
champion in Hindi
- someone who has been winner in a contest
- चैंपियन ca͠ipiyan
champion in Tamil
- வாகையர், வாகையாளர், வெற்றி வீரர்
champion in Urdu
- someone who has been winner in a contest
- چَمْپِییَن campīyan
- defender of a cause
- حِمایَت کار himāyat kār, مُبارِز mubāriz
champion in Bengali
- champion; hero; athlete
- পালোয়ান palōẇan
More languagesFewer languages
- champion in Malayalam
- ചാമ്പ്യൻ cāmpyaṉ
- champion in Kannada
- ಗೆಲ್ಲುಗ, ಗೆದ್ದವ, ಸರ್ವವಿಜೇತ, ಸರ್ವಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಪಟು
- champion in Punjabi
- ਚੈਂਪੀਅਨ
- champion in Odia
- ଚାମ୍ପିଅନ୍, ଚାମ୍ପିଅନ, ଚମ୍ପିଅନ
- champion in Nepali
- च्याम्पियन
- champion in Pashto
- اتل atël, اتله atëla
- champion in Arabic
- بَطَل baṭal, بَطَلَة baṭala, نَصِير naṣīr, نَصِيرَة naṣīra
- champion in Indonesian
- pemenang, juara, kampiun
- champion in Thai
- แชมเปี้ยน, แชมป์ chɛ́m
- champion in Vietnamese
- quán quân, nhà vô địch
- champion in Myanmar
- ချန်ပီယံ hkyanpiyam
Examples of champion in a sentence
- He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.
- After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
- Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.
Synonyms of champion
Forms of champion
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | champions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | champions |
| present participle | championing |
| past participle | championed |
| past | championed |
Origin of 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 battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, as well as French, from the noun champion. * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the placename Champagne.
Words formed from champion
Phrases with champion
Questions about champion
- What does champion mean?
- Champion means an ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- What is champion in Hindi?
- Champion in Hindi is चैंपियन (ca͠ipiyan). See Champion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is champion?
- Champion can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce champion?
- Champion is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of champion?
- The plural of champion is champions.
Words near champion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: champion (page history and authors); Champion (page history and authors); champion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পালোয়ান (Bengali) (page history and authors); ചാമ്പ്യൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); champion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); champion (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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