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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

  • (..) - Shall I give the order, sir? No, I have a better idea. People of DuLoc, I give you our champion! - What? - . You've won the honour of embarking on a great and noble quest. Quest? I'm already on a quest, (..)
    2001 Shrek
  • (..) -- All right. You're going the right way for a smacked bottom. - Sorry about that. - That champion shall have the honour-- no, no-- the privilege... to go forth and rescue the lovely Princess Fiona... from the fiiery keep ofthe dragon. (..)
    2001 Shrek