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championless

championless adjective: without a champion.

Adjective

championless (not comparable)

  1. Without a champion.
    • Lone in a far-off land, / With empty heart and treasure lost, / Poor, championless, and fortune-crost, She stretches out her hand...1886, Harriett Stockall, “"From Love's Ashes"”, in Poems: Second Series
    • And while men spoke betwixt wrath and mockery of the Rusty Knight, I loved more dearly that champion who was doing so ill so bravely for a championless lady...1921, Eleanor Farjeon, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

Origin of championless

From champion + -less.

Questions about championless

What does championless mean?
Championless means without a champion.
What part of speech is championless?
Championless is an adjective.

Words near championless in the dictionary

  1. championings
  2. championize
  3. championized
  4. championizes
  5. championizing
  6. championless
  7. championlike
  8. champions
  9. champions in chief
  10. Champions League
  11. Champions tiebreak

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