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defending champion

defending champion noun: individual or team who won the most recent edition of a tournament or competition and is participating in the current event to retain that title.

Noun

defending champion (plural defending champions)

  1. (often, plural) individual or team who won the most recent edition of a tournament or competition and is participating in the current event to retain that title
    • Argentina, having won the previous tournament in 2022, were the defending champions during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Forms of defending champion

pluraldefending champions

Questions about defending champion

What does defending champion mean?
Defending champion means individual or team who won the most recent edition of a tournament or competition and is participating in the current event to retain that title.
What part of speech is defending champion?
Defending champion is a noun.
What is the plural of defending champion?
The plural of defending champion is defending champions.

Words near defending champion in the dictionary

  1. defendership
  2. defendest
  3. defendeth
  4. defendin'
  5. defending
  6. defending champion
  7. defending champions
  8. defending zone
  9. defending zones
  10. defendings
  11. defendism

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