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champion(noun)/ˈtʃæmpiən/ /ˈtʃæmpiən/- a person, team, etc. that has won a competition, especially in a sport
- the world/European/national/Olympic champion
- the defending champion (= the person who was champion the last time and is trying to be champion again)
- the reigning champion (= the person who is champion now)
- the world basketball champions
- a champion sprinter/boxer/swimmer
- He became the youngest US Open champion for 88 years.
- the heavyweight champion of the world
- a former Italian champion jockey
- the Commonwealth Games champion in the 5,000 metres
- They were champions at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix.
Extra Examples- The reigning champion will defend her title tonight.
- The two winners will move onto a one-game final to determine the champion.
- He was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
- She is a former Olympic skating champion.
- The double world sprint champion has been banned for drug-taking.
- a person who fights for, or speaks in support of, a group of people or a belief
- She was a champion of the poor all her life.
Extra Examples- He became a leading champion for victims of miscarriages of justice.
- She became best known as a vigorous champion of the rail link.
Word Origin- Middle English (denoting a fighting man): from Old French, from medieval Latin campio(n-) ‘fighter’, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill.
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