† champianchampionn.adj.

Forms: In 1500s -yon, 1500s–1700s -ion, -ian.

Etymology: A variant of champaign n. and adj., champain n., found as an attributive or adjective form in Ld. Berners, early in 16th cent., and towards the end of that century also as a noun; during the 17th cent. it was much more frequent in both uses than champagne . Champyon , -ion , was the earlier form; champian was perhaps assimilated to adjectives and nouns in -ian suffix.

Obsolete.

A. n.

1. An expanse of level open country; a plain unbroken by hills, woods, etc.; = champaign n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain

fieldeOE

wong971

field landOE

woldc1220

flat1296

plainc1325

field placec1384

champaign?a1400

floor?a1400

smeethc1440

plain-land1487

weald1544

champian1589

camp1605

level1623

campaign1628

planure1632

campania1663

esplanade1681

flatland1735

vlakte1785

steppe1837

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Menaphon looking ouer the champion of Arcadie.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 109 It hath larger champians then Lyguria.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xi. 30 The Canaanites, which dwell in the champion .

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 14 If it were a plain Champion.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ii. 19 With some gentle risings..that make it a fine pleasant Champian.

2. (without plural or article) as a species of land or landscape; = champaign n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > open (level) land

fieldeOE

champaignc1420

champian1570

overture1579

campagnaa1664

plain1755

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2^v In Woodland, or Champion, Citie or towne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 155 Daylight and champian discouers not more.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals ii. 39 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Finding all open champian about the Towns there.

1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant i. 1 The Country round about is all Champian.

3. (with the; without plural) The level open country, as distinct from the mountains or woods, or the town; = champaign n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > the open

fieldOE

openc1485

champian1579

campaigna1667

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 11^v They that neuer went out of the champions in Brabant, will hardly conceiue what rocks are in Germany.

1700 H. Chauncy Hist. Antiq. Herts. 29 Henxworth..is seated in the Champion upon a rising Ground.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 276 They cackle loud, and flutter o'er the Champian.

a. The open unenclosed land as distinguished from that partitioned into fields; the moor, fell, or down on the top of a hill; land held in common; a large common; = champaign n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > common or unenclosed

common1377

moor1386

common land1470

champestrea1492

common field1523

champaign1555

commons1583

champian1611

commonity1612

public domain1627

commonage1635

commoninga1661

range1707–8

open1733

common area1837

mark1849

veld1852

outdoors1859

wide (also great, vast) open spaces1910

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > common or unenclosed land

lea805

leasea1000

green1190

common1377

tye1407

common field1523

champaign1555

commons1583

champian1611

commonage1635

commoninga1661

open1733

open field1762

mark1849

veld1852

scat-field1881

stray1889

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Meze, an vntilled wast, or champian, wherein many seuerall mens cattell runne.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 13 Advantages, that Enclosure yields, above the Champion and Field-Land.

b. transferred. A farmer of such land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer of unenclosed land

champian1580

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 15 New fermer may enter (as champions say) on all that is fallow, at Lent ladie day.

a. The level open country as the chief scene of military operations; = champaign n. 5.

ΚΠ

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 110 After the king was entred, he dispersed his men of warre into the champion.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 398 The plaine champion is good for the caualrie.

b. Hence, A field of battle; the ‘field’.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun]

fieldeOE

place?c1225

fletc1275

champ of battlec1300

champany?a1400

o laundon?a1400

palaestrac1425

battle-stead1487

fighting-stead1487

open fielda1500

spear-field1508

joining-place1513

camp1525

foughten field1569

battleground1588

Aceldama1607

champian?1611

field of honour1611

champaign1614

standing ground1662

fighting-field1676

battlefield1715

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > level country as scene of battle

plainc1385

field1567

champian1579

champaign1600

champian?1611

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 29 The dusty champian, where many a helm and shield..were strew'd.

1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 87 And many a noble Gentleman that day, Weltring in gore, on the wilde Champion lay.

1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E2 One of us twaine, or both..On this cold earth, this very Champion, shall Offer up a crimson sacrifice of his most precious blood.

6. A ‘field’ of inquiry, study, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun] > field of interest

mattera1387

campa1538

champian1596

domain1764

champaign1839

ground1847

one's line of country1861

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 26 The abuses of customes; in which, mee seemes, you have a faire champian layde open unto you.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xii. §5. 136 To expatiate a little into a Champian and Field of matter.

B. adj. or attributive use of noun.

1. Of the nature of a champaign: level and open; = champaign adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adjective] > and open

fieldya1400

champian1523

champaign1575

fieldish1587

fielden1604

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 22 There about was some champyon countrey, with corne and medowes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 8^v A holsome place.., some part of it champion, some hilly.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. x. 178 A Champian Region is a space of Land either altogether voide, or scarce furnished with trees.

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. i. 1 in Purple Island And change his mountains to a champian lea.

1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 555 In champion countries.

2. figurative. Level, equal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level

peera1325

paregalc1390

meeta1425

champian1642

fere for fere1768

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 233 That all Offices should be made champian for their profits, none higher than other.

†3.

a. Agriculture. Of land: Unenclosed, common, as distinct from ‘several’ or ‘enclosed’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [adjective] > common or unenclosed

champian1580

campaign1628

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > common or unenclosed land

champian1580

commonable1617

campaign1628

unhedged1648

unhurdleda1711

intercommonable1808

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix^v To kepe..the damme at harde meate in the house. As they vse in the playne champyon countreis.]

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 21^v Good land that is seuerall, crops may haue three, in champion countrie it may not so bee.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 10 Here champion, there inclosed.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Inclosures generally maintain treble the Number of Inhabitants, or more, than the Champion Ground.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Champion- or rather Champain-Lands, are Lands not inclos'd.

b. Of or pertaining to unenclosed land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > common or unenclosed land > relating to

champaignc1430

champian1580

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 1 Of Champion husbandrie, now doo I write.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 821 The coursers for the champian sports.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	champian
释义	† champianchampionn.adj. Forms: In 1500s -yon, 1500s–1700s -ion, -ian. Etymology: A variant of champaign n. and adj., champain n., found as an attributive or adjective form in Ld. Berners, early in 16th cent., and towards the end of that century also as a noun; during the 17th cent. it was much more frequent in both uses than champagne . Champyon , -ion , was the earlier form; champian was perhaps assimilated to adjectives and nouns in -ian suffix. Obsolete. A. n. 1. An expanse of level open country; a plain unbroken by hills, woods, etc.; = champaign n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain fieldeOE wong971 field landOE woldc1220 flat1296 plainc1325 field placec1384 champaign?a1400 floor?a1400 smeethc1440 plain-land1487 weald1544 champian1589 camp1605 level1623 campaign1628 planure1632 campania1663 esplanade1681 flatland1735 vlakte1785 steppe1837 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Menaphon looking ouer the champion of Arcadie. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 109 It hath larger champians then Lyguria. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xi. 30 The Canaanites, which dwell in the champion . View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 14 If it were a plain Champion. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ii. 19 With some gentle risings..that make it a fine pleasant Champian. 2. (without plural or article) as a species of land or landscape; = champaign n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > open (level) land fieldeOE champaignc1420 champian1570 overture1579 campagnaa1664 plain1755 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2^v In Woodland, or Champion, Citie or towne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 155 Daylight and champian discouers not more. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals ii. 39 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Finding all open champian about the Towns there. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant i. 1 The Country round about is all Champian. 3. (with the; without plural) The level open country, as distinct from the mountains or woods, or the town; = champaign n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > the open fieldOE openc1485 champian1579 campaigna1667 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 11^v They that neuer went out of the champions in Brabant, will hardly conceiue what rocks are in Germany. 1700 H. Chauncy Hist. Antiq. Herts. 29 Henxworth..is seated in the Champion upon a rising Ground. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 276 They cackle loud, and flutter o'er the Champian. 4. a. The open unenclosed land as distinguished from that partitioned into fields; the moor, fell, or down on the top of a hill; land held in common; a large common; = champaign n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > common or unenclosed common1377 moor1386 common land1470 champestrea1492 common field1523 champaign1555 commons1583 champian1611 commonity1612 public domain1627 commonage1635 commoninga1661 range1707–8 open1733 common area1837 mark1849 veld1852 outdoors1859 wide (also great, vast) open spaces1910 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > common or unenclosed land lea805 leasea1000 green1190 common1377 tye1407 common field1523 champaign1555 commons1583 champian1611 commonage1635 commoninga1661 open1733 open field1762 mark1849 veld1852 scat-field1881 stray1889 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Meze, an vntilled wast, or champian, wherein many seuerall mens cattell runne. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 13 Advantages, that Enclosure yields, above the Champion and Field-Land. b. transferred. A farmer of such land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farmer of unenclosed land champian1580 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 15 New fermer may enter (as champions say) on all that is fallow, at Lent ladie day. 5. a. The level open country as the chief scene of military operations; = champaign n. 5. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 110 After the king was entred, he dispersed his men of warre into the champion. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 398 The plaine champion is good for the caualrie. b. Hence, A field of battle; the ‘field’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] fieldeOE place?c1225 fletc1275 champ of battlec1300 champany?a1400 o laundon?a1400 palaestrac1425 battle-stead1487 fighting-stead1487 open fielda1500 spear-field1508 joining-place1513 camp1525 foughten field1569 battleground1588 Aceldama1607 champian?1611 field of honour1611 champaign1614 standing ground1662 fighting-field1676 battlefield1715 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > level country as scene of battle plainc1385 field1567 champian1579 champaign1600 champian?1611 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 29 The dusty champian, where many a helm and shield..were strew'd. 1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 87 And many a noble Gentleman that day, Weltring in gore, on the wilde Champion lay. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E2 One of us twaine, or both..On this cold earth, this very Champion, shall Offer up a crimson sacrifice of his most precious blood. 6. A ‘field’ of inquiry, study, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun] > field of interest mattera1387 campa1538 champian1596 domain1764 champaign1839 ground1847 one's line of country1861 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 26 The abuses of customes; in which, mee seemes, you have a faire champian layde open unto you. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xii. §5. 136 To expatiate a little into a Champian and Field of matter. B. adj. or attributive use of noun. 1. Of the nature of a champaign: level and open; = champaign adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adjective] > and open fieldya1400 champian1523 champaign1575 fieldish1587 fielden1604 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 22 There about was some champyon countrey, with corne and medowes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 8^v A holsome place.., some part of it champion, some hilly. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. x. 178 A Champian Region is a space of Land either altogether voide, or scarce furnished with trees. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. i. 1 in Purple Island And change his mountains to a champian lea. 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 555 In champion countries. 2. figurative. Level, equal. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal or on the same level peera1325 paregalc1390 meeta1425 champian1642 fere for fere1768 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 233 That all Offices should be made champian for their profits, none higher than other. †3. a. Agriculture. Of land: Unenclosed, common, as distinct from ‘several’ or ‘enclosed’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [adjective] > common or unenclosed champian1580 campaign1628 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > common or unenclosed land champian1580 commonable1617 campaign1628 unhedged1648 unhurdleda1711 intercommonable1808 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix^v To kepe..the damme at harde meate in the house. As they vse in the playne champyon countreis.] 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 21^v Good land that is seuerall, crops may haue three, in champion countrie it may not so bee. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 10 Here champion, there inclosed. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Inclosures generally maintain treble the Number of Inhabitants, or more, than the Champion Ground. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Champion- or rather Champain-Lands, are Lands not inclos'd. b. Of or pertaining to unenclosed land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > common or unenclosed land > relating to champaignc1430 champian1580 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 1 Of Champion husbandrie, now doo I write. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 821 The coursers for the champian sports. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1523
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