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champion

Definition

  • noun: someone or something (such as a team or an animal) that has won a contest or competition especially in sports
  • noun: a militant advocate or defender
  • verb: to fight or speak publicly in support of (a person, belief, cause, etc.)
  • verb: to protect or fight for as a champion
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: warrior, warrior, hero

Examples

  • Our team will play the defending/reigning/current 'champions' next week.

  • She was a lawyer and a 'champion of' children's rights.

  • the newly crowned national/world/Olympic 'champions'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) OK, in we go. It looks pretty ordinary to me. Keep looking. Your coffee, sir. Decaf latte with non-fat milk. Oh, champion. Steaming sump oil. Wait, what did you do? I don't know. What did I do? - Where is that? (..)
    2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider