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Definitions for: Champion
[n] someone who fights for a cause
[n] someone who has won first place in a competition
[n] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
[adj] holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
[adj] clearly superior or having the attributes of a winner; "a champion at teaching"
[v] protect or fight for as a champion
Webster (1913) Definition: Cham"pi*on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
Synonyms: admirer, best, booster, champ, defend, fighter, friend, hero, paladin, prizewinning, protagonist, superior, supporter, title-holder
See Also: advocate, advocator, anglophil, anglophile, back, believer, Boswell, challenger, competition, competitor, Confederate, contender, convert, defender, endorse, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, guardian, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, plump for, plunk for, proponent, protector, ratifier, record-breaker, record-holder, rival, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, shielder, stalwart, subscriber, support, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig
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