Synonyms:
champion, prizewinning
Meaning: holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
champion, champ, title-holder
Meaning: someone who has won first place in a competition
Synonyms:
champion, fighter, hero, paladin
Meaning: someone who fights for a cause
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
champion, defend
Meaning: protect or fight for as a champion
Usage examples
Jane Champion.
May we begin?-- Dear Miss Champion ...
Letter from the Honourable Jane Champion to Sir Deryck Brand.
"It is signed 'Jane Champion,' Mr. Dalmain," said Nurse Rosemary.
His hand was open for charity, and he was always the champion of the poor, the helpless and the outcast.
Each was to choose a champion. The champions were to fight, and the king whose champion won was to have the city.
It occurred to her that the missing portion was like that which was left in the skull of Moraunt, the Irish champion.
So great was his prowess that from the day he was dubbed knight there was no champion who could stand before him in the lists.
Here lived Las Casas, a priest who was the Indian's greatest champion in the early days and who is said to be the father of African Slavery in the new world.
He did not wait the coming of Pemberton. Leaving Jackson as soon as he heard of the enemy's advance from Vicksburg, he marched rapidly westward and struck Pemberton at Champion Hills.