championn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃampɪən/, U.S.

/ˈtʃæmpiən/

Forms: Middle English champiun, Middle English champioun, ( chaumpion, chaumpyon, chaumpyoun, scaumpioun, schampion, Middle English–1500s champyon), Middle English– champion.

Etymology: Middle English champiun , -on , < Old French champiun, -on (= Provençal campio , -on , Spanish campion , -eon , Portuguese campião , -eão , Italian campione ) < late Latin campio , -ōnem combatant in the campus or arena, professed fighter, < Latin campus field of athletic or military exercise, place of combat, lists: see camp n.¹, camp n.²Campio was formed on campus , like tabellio ‘scrivener’ on tabella ‘written deed’. Isidore has ‘campiones gladiatores, pugnatores’; Joh. de Janua ‘campio , gladiator, vel in campo duellum exercens’; see Du Cange. Middle English had also the doublet campion n.¹ from northern French, and see kemp n.¹

1. A fighting man, a combatant; a stout fighter, a man of valour. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun]

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 173 Ha weren ifonded & þurch þe fondinge ipruuet to treowe champiuns.

a1300 Havelok 1007 With hem com mani chanbioun.

a1300 Havelok 1015 Champiouns, and starke laddes.

c1400 Gamelyn 203 A champioun is in þe place þat hath i-wrouȝt me sorwe.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 60 Campyon, or champyon, athleta, pugil, campio.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. ix. f. xxvii^v Nor play I the champion as some do, which for their pastime with their handes do beate the ayre.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiv. 135 The Boare..is counted the most absolute Champion amongst beasts.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. viii. 19 A stouter Champion neuer handled Sword.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xii. 262 The champion..who won the ancient fortress.

a. One who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause. technical. One who ‘does battle’ for another in ‘wager of battle’, a duel, or the like.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > on behalf of another

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one who fights on another's behalf

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1292 Britton i. xxiii. §15 Et ausi en totes batayles de champiouns.]

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 31 Or fynd a noþer man To fight with Colibrant, þat was his champion.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 104 Ȝoure champion chiualer, chief knyght of ȝow alle, Ȝelt hym recreaunt rennynge.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccix. f. cxxix^v This Gunylda was falsely accused of Spowsebrech, for tryall wherof she was put to her Champion.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum iii. iii. 92 The parties must eyther themselues in person, or else finde other for them, who be called in our Law Champions or Campions.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xvii. 51 When the Philistines sawe their champion was dead, they fled.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 467 The Duke of Buckingham did bid Holmes his champion..go to him to know the business.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 340.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 183 God will raise me up a champion.

b. Also, one who fights in ‘wager of battle’ in his own cause.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat

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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 5 The Champions are prepard and stay For nothing but his maiesties approach.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. N2 Champion, (campio)... In our common lawe, it is taken no lesse for him that trieth the combat in his owne case, then for him that fighteth in the place or quarell of another.

c. champion of the king, or champion of the queen, champion of the realm or of England: (see quots.).

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1672 Cowel's Dict. Champion of the King, His Office is at the Coronation of our Kings, when the King is at Dinner, to ride armed into Westminster-hall, and by a Herald make a Challenge, That if any Person shall deny the Kings Title to the Crown, he is there ready to defend it; which done, the King drinks to him, and sends him a gilt Cup with a cover full of Wine, which he hath for his Fee. This Office ever since the Coronation of Richard the Second, hath continued in the Family of the Dymockes.

1685 Acc. Coronation in London Gaz. No. 2028/3 The Kings Champion..performed the usual Ceremony of the Challenge.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 17. ⁋2 Just such a great Action as that of the Champion's on a Coronation Day.

1714 in London Gaz. No. 5270/8.

1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet (new ed.) II. xii. 254 (note) The Champion of England, Dymock..appeared in Westminster Hall, and..solemnly wagered his body to defend..the right of the..King to the Crown.

3. figurative and transferred. One who in any kind of contest or conflict acts as the acknowledged defender of a person, cause, or side: one who stoutly maintains any cause. (The literal sense is sometimes distinctly in view, sometimes out of sight.)

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > and stoutly defends

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138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 289 Strong schampions and pileris of holy chirche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18651 Sua did iesus, vr champiun [Fairf. scaumpioun], þof he lai ded for vr ranscun.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/4 God fader..gafe & betoke the sayd kyng champyon or deffensour of the feythe.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. i. 19 Bodin the champion of witchmoongers.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 43 To God the widdowes Champion .

c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 6 He hated persecution for religion, and was allwayes a champion for all religious people against all their greate oppressors.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋8 No other qualification for a champion of controversy.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 544 The great champion of vaccination.

1841 R. W. Emerson Heroism in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 264 Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs.

1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1864) 2nd Ser. i. 10 He never was the champion of a class, because He was the champion of Humanity.

a. A person who holds the first place in prize-fighting, rowing, walking, or other trial of strength or skill; one who has defeated all opponents, and is open to contend with any new competitor.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert

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Tartar1785

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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > winner

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winnera1616

Olympionicesta1656

champion1721

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holder1830

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title holder1900

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > who has defeated all opponents

champion1721

1721 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Apr. 4/2 The Norfolk Champion, was of late unfortunately kill'd in fighting a Prize at Spalding in Lincolnshire.

1730 St. James's Evening Post 8 Aug. 3/1 'Twas thought the Kentish Champions wou'd have lost their Honour, by being beat at one Innings, if Time had permitted.

1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket iii. 24 The last two Champions even now are in, And but three Notches yet remain to win.

1802 Sporting Mag. 21 17/1 This hero [sc. Jem Belcher], who justly stiles himself in his advertisement, ‘Champion of England’, was himself to exhibit all his science.

1825 [implied in: 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 427 A modern pugilist would call this a set-to for the championship. (at championship n. 2a)].

1840 G. C. Boase in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 331/2 On 26 Oct. 1840 he beat John Leechman, known as Brassey..and was hailed ‘champion of England’.

1879 Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 325 Gold medals..were won by the champion and championess.

1887 G. C. Boase in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 332/1 A subscription had been raised to purchase a ‘champion's belt’.

b. transferred. The animal, plant, etc., which obtains the first prize in a general competition; also applied to a variety of vegetable, fruit, etc., for which the first excellence is claimed; e.g. to a variety of potato.

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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > champion in competition

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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > champion or excellent specimen

champion1717

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > livestock competition or trial > animal placed first

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > an animal, plant, etc.

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1717 T. Cave Let. 28 Feb. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) II. xxii. 48 Violett, that Essex Champion,..is the only dogg suffered to bear the best Spaniell in England company in the Parlour.

1828 T. Hood in Bijou 76 Bold Sidney, and his kidney—nay, Those ‘early champions’—what are they.]

1880 Social Notes 20 Nov. 246/2 Five tons of Scotch Champions.

1882 Garden 4 Feb. 79/1 A vast store of Potatoes—Champions, sir; Champions!

5. attributive.

a. Acting as champion.

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1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 212 The office of Champion Defender had devolved, not on a Preceptor, but on a Companion of the Order.

1886 Illustr. London News 16 Jan. 71 Mr. Warton, the champion ‘blocker’ of the late Parliament.

b. That has defeated all competitors, as champion boxer, champion punter, champion sculler, champion walker.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > winning > that has defeated all opponents

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1853 Bell's Life in London 22 May 6/2 They [sc. Notts.] may, for the present, possess the honour of being the ‘Champion County’.

1860 S. Sharpe Hist. Egypt xi The case of the champion fighting-cock.

1887 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 331/1 Benjamin Caunt (1815–1861), champion pugilist.

c. Hence, Of the first class, excelling all others, as champion pease, champion turnips, etc. Also as adj. or adv. (colloquial or dialect) = excellent(ly).

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]

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1880 M. A. Courtney Gloss. Words W. Cornwall in Gloss. Cornwall (E.D.S.) Champion lode, a large vein of metal.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. (at cited word) An exemplary humbug is described as ‘a champion fraud’. A noisy candidate for office was denounced by a Chicago newspaper as ‘the champion gas-bag’.

1914 Daily Mail 1 June 3/6 ‘It was champion,’ he added.

1914 Concise Oxf. Dict. (at cited word) Champion idiot, blunder.

1923 Daily Mail 26 Mar. 9 ‘He cried champion,’ said a proud Yorkshireman.

1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xii. 109 Carrying luggage upstairs don't hurt me. He's got the head piece. We get on champion. What's wrong with that?

Derivatives

champion-like adj.

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1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice i. sig. C4 He vndertooke Most Champion-like to win the prize at tilt.

1836 G. S. Faber Answer Husenbeth 44 Let us hear his champion-depute in continuation.

Draft additions June 2017

Champions tiebreak n. Tennis (in professional tennis) an extended version of the conventional tiebreak, in which the winner is the first player to reach ten points and lead by a margin of two.The Champions tiebreak is played instead of a third set at the ATP Champions Tour for top players who have retired from professional touring.

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1997 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 17 June (Sports News section) When players split the two sets, a Champions Tiebreak is played, with the winner the first to win 10 points with a two-point margin.

2006 Ace Tennis Oct. 57/2 They had some sticky moments early on, needing to play Champions Tiebreaks..in both of their first two matches.

2011 J. Grasso Hist. Dict. Tennis 61 One concession to the players' age is that although matches are best two of three sets, the third set..is played as a 'Champions' tiebreak'.

champions tiebreaker n. Tennis = Champions tiebreak n.Sometimes treated as a (singular or plural) possessive.

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1997 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Sports News section) Top-seeded Jimmy Connors outslugged No. 2 Andres Gomez 12–10 in a champion's tiebreaker Tuesday to win the inaugural Trigon Champions men's over-35 tennis tournament.

1997 Washington Post 17 May b4 Vilas took Borg to a champions tiebreaker but eventually lost, 4-6, 6-2, (10-7).

2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 June 82 Temporarily teaming up with South African Jeff Coetzee, Murray beat Butorac and American Bobby Reynolds 7-6, 4-6 and 10-8 in the champions' tiebreaker.

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单词	champion
释义	championn. Brit. /ˈtʃampɪən/, U.S. /ˈtʃæmpiən/ Forms: Middle English champiun, Middle English champioun, ( chaumpion, chaumpyon, chaumpyoun, scaumpioun, schampion, Middle English–1500s champyon), Middle English– champion. Etymology: Middle English champiun , -on , < Old French champiun, -on (= Provençal campio , -on , Spanish campion , -eon , Portuguese campião , -eão , Italian campione ) < late Latin campio , -ōnem combatant in the campus or arena, professed fighter, < Latin campus field of athletic or military exercise, place of combat, lists: see camp n.¹, camp n.²Campio was formed on campus , like tabellio ‘scrivener’ on tabella ‘written deed’. Isidore has ‘campiones gladiatores, pugnatores’; Joh. de Janua ‘campio , gladiator, vel in campo duellum exercens’; see Du Cange. Middle English had also the doublet campion n.¹ from northern French, and see kemp n.¹ 1. A fighting man, a combatant; a stout fighter, a man of valour. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 173 Ha weren ifonded & þurch þe fondinge ipruuet to treowe champiuns. a1300 Havelok 1007 With hem com mani chanbioun. a1300 Havelok 1015 Champiouns, and starke laddes. c1400 Gamelyn 203 A champioun is in þe place þat hath i-wrouȝt me sorwe. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 60 Campyon, or champyon, athleta, pugil, campio. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. ix. f. xxvii^v Nor play I the champion as some do, which for their pastime with their handes do beate the ayre. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiv. 135 The Boare..is counted the most absolute Champion amongst beasts. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. viii. 19 A stouter Champion neuer handled Sword. View more context for this quotation 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xii. 262 The champion..who won the ancient fortress. 2. a. One who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause. technical. One who ‘does battle’ for another in ‘wager of battle’, a duel, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > on behalf of another campionc1270 championc1330 fighter1619 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one who fights on another's behalf campionc1270 championc1330 1292 Britton i. xxiii. §15 Et ausi en totes batayles de champiouns.] c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 31 Or fynd a noþer man To fight with Colibrant, þat was his champion. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 104 Ȝoure champion chiualer, chief knyght of ȝow alle, Ȝelt hym recreaunt rennynge. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccix. f. cxxix^v This Gunylda was falsely accused of Spowsebrech, for tryall wherof she was put to her Champion. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum iii. iii. 92 The parties must eyther themselues in person, or else finde other for them, who be called in our Law Champions or Campions. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xvii. 51 When the Philistines sawe their champion was dead, they fled. View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 467 The Duke of Buckingham did bid Holmes his champion..go to him to know the business. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 340. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 183 God will raise me up a champion. b. Also, one who fights in ‘wager of battle’ in his own cause. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat campionc1320 defendantc1450 combatant1489 appellant1520 defender?c1525 principal1590 duellist1593 champion1597 combater1598 dueller1614 battailant1620 pistol man1784 monomachist1828 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 5 The Champions are prepard and stay For nothing but his maiesties approach. View more context for this quotation 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. N2 Champion, (campio)... In our common lawe, it is taken no lesse for him that trieth the combat in his owne case, then for him that fighteth in the place or quarell of another. c. champion of the king, or champion of the queen, champion of the realm or of England: (see quots.). ΚΠ 1672 Cowel's Dict. Champion of the King, His Office is at the Coronation of our Kings, when the King is at Dinner, to ride armed into Westminster-hall, and by a Herald make a Challenge, That if any Person shall deny the Kings Title to the Crown, he is there ready to defend it; which done, the King drinks to him, and sends him a gilt Cup with a cover full of Wine, which he hath for his Fee. This Office ever since the Coronation of Richard the Second, hath continued in the Family of the Dymockes. 1685 Acc. Coronation in London Gaz. No. 2028/3 The Kings Champion..performed the usual Ceremony of the Challenge. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 17. ⁋2 Just such a great Action as that of the Champion's on a Coronation Day. 1714 in London Gaz. No. 5270/8. 1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet (new ed.) II. xii. 254 (note) The Champion of England, Dymock..appeared in Westminster Hall, and..solemnly wagered his body to defend..the right of the..King to the Crown. 3. figurative and transferred. One who in any kind of contest or conflict acts as the acknowledged defender of a person, cause, or side: one who stoutly maintains any cause. (The literal sense is sometimes distinctly in view, sometimes out of sight.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > and stoutly defends champion138. propugnatorc1429 propugner1593 stickler1607 white knight1628 hyperaspist1638 stiff-stander1642 sticker-up1832 storm troops1918 storm trooper1935 138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 289 Strong schampions and pileris of holy chirche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18651 Sua did iesus, vr champiun [Fairf. scaumpioun], þof he lai ded for vr ranscun. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/4 God fader..gafe & betoke the sayd kyng champyon or deffensour of the feythe. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. i. 19 Bodin the champion of witchmoongers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 43 To God the widdowes Champion . View more context for this quotation c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 6 He hated persecution for religion, and was allwayes a champion for all religious people against all their greate oppressors. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋8 No other qualification for a champion of controversy. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 544 The great champion of vaccination. 1841 R. W. Emerson Heroism in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 264 Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs. 1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1864) 2nd Ser. i. 10 He never was the champion of a class, because He was the champion of Humanity. 4. a. A person who holds the first place in prize-fighting, rowing, walking, or other trial of strength or skill; one who has defeated all opponents, and is open to contend with any new competitor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert champion1721 championess1728 cock of the school1732 Tartar1785 star1811 holder1830 champ1868 scratch-man1877 scratch-player1888 back-marker1895 title holder1900 titlist1912 three-letter man1929 tiger1929 stickout1933 starlet1976 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > winner conqueror1601 winnera1616 Olympionicesta1656 champion1721 championess1728 holder1830 champ1868 title holder1900 victor ludorum1901 titlist1912 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > who has defeated all opponents champion1721 1721 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Apr. 4/2 The Norfolk Champion, was of late unfortunately kill'd in fighting a Prize at Spalding in Lincolnshire. 1730 St. James's Evening Post 8 Aug. 3/1 'Twas thought the Kentish Champions wou'd have lost their Honour, by being beat at one Innings, if Time had permitted. 1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket iii. 24 The last two Champions even now are in, And but three Notches yet remain to win. 1802 Sporting Mag. 21 17/1 This hero [sc. Jem Belcher], who justly stiles himself in his advertisement, ‘Champion of England’, was himself to exhibit all his science. 1825 [implied in: 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 427 A modern pugilist would call this a set-to for the championship. (at championship n. 2a)]. 1840 G. C. Boase in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 331/2 On 26 Oct. 1840 he beat John Leechman, known as Brassey..and was hailed ‘champion of England’. 1879 Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 325 Gold medals..were won by the champion and championess. 1887 G. C. Boase in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 332/1 A subscription had been raised to purchase a ‘champion's belt’. b. transferred. The animal, plant, etc., which obtains the first prize in a general competition; also applied to a variety of vegetable, fruit, etc., for which the first excellence is claimed; e.g. to a variety of potato. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > champion in competition champion1717 the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > champion or excellent specimen champion1717 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > livestock competition or trial > animal placed first champion1717 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > an animal, plant, etc. champion1717 world-beater1860 1717 T. Cave Let. 28 Feb. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) II. xxii. 48 Violett, that Essex Champion,..is the only dogg suffered to bear the best Spaniell in England company in the Parlour. 1828 T. Hood in Bijou 76 Bold Sidney, and his kidney—nay, Those ‘early champions’—what are they.] 1880 Social Notes 20 Nov. 246/2 Five tons of Scotch Champions. 1882 Garden 4 Feb. 79/1 A vast store of Potatoes—Champions, sir; Champions! 5. attributive. a. Acting as champion. ΚΠ 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 212 The office of Champion Defender had devolved, not on a Preceptor, but on a Companion of the Order. 1886 Illustr. London News 16 Jan. 71 Mr. Warton, the champion ‘blocker’ of the late Parliament. b. That has defeated all competitors, as champion boxer, champion punter, champion sculler, champion walker. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > winning > that has defeated all opponents champion1853 1853 Bell's Life in London 22 May 6/2 They [sc. Notts.] may, for the present, possess the honour of being the ‘Champion County’. 1860 S. Sharpe Hist. Egypt xi The case of the champion fighting-cock. 1887 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 331/1 Benjamin Caunt (1815–1861), champion pugilist. c. Hence, Of the first class, excelling all others, as champion pease, champion turnips, etc. Also as adj. or adv. (colloquial or dialect) = excellent(ly). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate gildenc1225 prime1402 rare1483 grand1542 holy1599 pre-excelling1600 paregal1602 classic1604 of (the) first rate1650 solary1651 first rate1674 superb1720 tip-top1722 tip-top-gallant1730 swell1819 topping1822 of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826 No. 11829 brag1836 A11837 A No. 11838 number one1839 awful1843 bully1851 first class1852 class1867 champion1880 too1881 tipping1887 alpha plus1898 bonzer1898 grade A1911 gold star1917 world-ranking1921 five-star1936 too much1937 first line1938 vintage1939 supercolossal1947 top1953 alpha1958 fantabulous1959 beauty1963 supercool1965 world-class1967 primo1973 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] fairlyOE goodlyc1275 finec1330 properlyc1390 daintily?a1400 thrivinglya1400 goodlily?1457 excellent1483 excellently1527 excellently1529 curiously1548 jollilyc1563 admirably1570 beautifully1570 singularly1576 bravelyc1600 famouslya1616 manlya1616 primely1622 prime1648 eximiously1650 topping1683 egregiously1693 purely1695 trimmingly1719 toppinglya1739 surprisingly1749 capitally1750 brawly1796 jellily18.. stammingly1814 divinely1822 stunningly1823 rippingly1828 jam up1835 out of sight1835 first-rately1843 first rate1844 like a charm1845 stunning1851 marvellously1859 magnificently1868 first class1871 splendidly1883 sterlingly1883 tip-top1888 like one o'clock1901 deevily1905 goodo1907 dandy1908 bonzer1914 great1916 juicily1916 corkingly1917 champion1925 unbeatably1928 snodger1946 beaut1953 smashingly1956 groovily1970 awesome1984 1880 M. A. Courtney Gloss. Words W. Cornwall in Gloss. Cornwall (E.D.S.) Champion lode, a large vein of metal. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. (at cited word) An exemplary humbug is described as ‘a champion fraud’. A noisy candidate for office was denounced by a Chicago newspaper as ‘the champion gas-bag’. 1914 Daily Mail 1 June 3/6 ‘It was champion,’ he added. 1914 Concise Oxf. Dict. (at cited word) Champion idiot, blunder. 1923 Daily Mail 26 Mar. 9 ‘He cried champion,’ said a proud Yorkshireman. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xii. 109 Carrying luggage upstairs don't hurt me. He's got the head piece. We get on champion. What's wrong with that? Derivatives champion-like adj. ΚΠ 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice i. sig. C4 He vndertooke Most Champion-like to win the prize at tilt. 1836 G. S. Faber Answer Husenbeth 44 Let us hear his champion-depute in continuation. Draft additions June 2017 Champions tiebreak n. Tennis (in professional tennis) an extended version of the conventional tiebreak, in which the winner is the first player to reach ten points and lead by a margin of two.The Champions tiebreak is played instead of a third set at the ATP Champions Tour for top players who have retired from professional touring. ΚΠ 1997 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 17 June (Sports News section) When players split the two sets, a Champions Tiebreak is played, with the winner the first to win 10 points with a two-point margin. 2006 Ace Tennis Oct. 57/2 They had some sticky moments early on, needing to play Champions Tiebreaks..in both of their first two matches. 2011 J. Grasso Hist. Dict. Tennis 61 One concession to the players' age is that although matches are best two of three sets, the third set..is played as a 'Champions' tiebreak'. champions tiebreaker n. Tennis = Champions tiebreak n.Sometimes treated as a (singular or plural) possessive. ΚΠ 1997 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Sports News section) Top-seeded Jimmy Connors outslugged No. 2 Andres Gomez 12–10 in a champion's tiebreaker Tuesday to win the inaugural Trigon Champions men's over-35 tennis tournament. 1997 Washington Post 17 May b4 Vilas took Borg to a champions tiebreaker but eventually lost, 4-6, 6-2, (10-7). 2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 June 82 Temporarily teaming up with South African Jeff Coetzee, Murray beat Butorac and American Bobby Reynolds 7-6, 4-6 and 10-8 in the champions' tiebreaker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). championv. Brit. /ˈtʃampɪən/, U.S. /ˈtʃæmpiən/ Etymology: < champion n. †1. To challenge to a contest; to bid defiance to. rare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy stout1303 defy1377 beard1476 brave1546 brag1551 outface1574 to hold (a person) waga1578 dare1580 outbrave1589 bedarea1596 maugre1597 championa1616 to bid defiance to1632 stem1675 bravadea1698 bravo1732 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 73 The Seedes of Banquo Kings. Rather then so, come Fate into the Lyst, And champion me to th'vtterance. View more context for this quotation 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV xliii. 92 She stood as one who champion'd human fears. 2. To fight for; to defend or protect as champion.Not in Todd 1818, or earlier dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > as a champion champion1819 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 215 Championed or unchampioned, thou diest by the stake and fagot. 1839 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 367 Who ever..championed them [sc. dames] more gallantly in the chivalrous tilts of the Vivarambla? 3. figurative. To maintain the cause of, stand up for, uphold, support, back, defend, advocate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1844 H. Rogers Ess. I. ii. 77 His nature..prompted him to champion any cause in which justice had been outraged or innocence wronged. 1861 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1997) IX. 382 The idea must be championed, however much against hope. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 402 If a friend be in adversity, Gratiano will champion him with good words and deeds. 4. To make a champion of. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as a victor chair1761 champion1886 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxlii. 7 They..crowned him, and championed him. Derivatives ˈchampioning adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [adjective] > stoutly defending championing1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xi. 251 The championing little wife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † champianchampionn.adj. < n.?c1225v.a1616 see also
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