Added 9 October 2026
champion
/ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/ noun
In Latin: adversarius, adversaria Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about champion at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Someone who has won first place in a competition.
- Someone who fights for a cause.
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A person who backs a politician or a team etc.
all their supporters came out for the game
verb
adjective
Origin
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).
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