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

  • (..) - Wow. Can I have one? - Sure. They're for you. Pick a car. Any car. - You'll have to score a lot of goals. - I'll try. The UEFA Champions League is back, and it's back at the Santiago Bernab'u. What a stage for Europe's top club competition. - Hey. - Look at this. (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
  • (..) It's just a meeting. So when are they coming to meet us? They're not. I'm meeting them in Japan. The biggest football club on the planet. Nine times European champions. Twenty-nine Spanish League titles. Twelve Spanish Cups. One Super Cup. They come to Tokyo every summer, the whole squad. (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream