Champion

/ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/ · noun

Meaning

An ongoing winner in a game or contest..

Definitions by Sense

1. An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
2. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
3. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
4. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
5. (botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
6. (attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
7. (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
8. (predicative, Ireland, British, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

Example Sentences

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.

Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.

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.

champion of the poor

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.

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.

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• champions
• championing
• championed

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