champion noun [C] (SUPPORTER) ... a person who enthusiastically supports, defends, or fights for a person, belief, right, or principle: She has long been a ...

Champion comes from the Latin word campionem for "gladiator, fighter." Rarr! No need to grab your sword, but a champion is also a person who fights for a cause.

Champion definition: a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place. See examples of CHAMPION ...

The meaning of CHAMPION is a winner of first prize or first place in competition; also : one who shows marked superiority. How to use champion in a sentence ...

From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), ...

It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). champion is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: champion n. See ...

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a fighting man): from Old French, from medieval Latin campio(n-) 'fighter', from Latin campus 'level ground', specifically ...

(tʃæmpiən ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense champions , championing , past tense, past participle championed. 1. countable noun B1. Champion a cause · Champion an idea · Crown a champion · Defending champion

champion ; present simple I / you / we / they champion ; he / she / it champions ; past simple championed ; -ing form championing.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs champ and champion which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.