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English Dictionary: champion by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
champion
adj
  1. holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
    Synonym(s): champion, prizewinning
n
  1. someone who has won first place in a competition [syn: champion, champ, title-holder]
  2. someone who fights for a cause
    Synonym(s): champion, fighter, hero, paladin
  3. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
    Synonym(s): supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
  4. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
    Synonym(s): ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
v
  1. protect or fight for as a champion [syn: champion, defend]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Championed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Championing}.] [Obs.] --Shak.
      2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
            champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
  
                     Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Champion, MI
      Zip code(s): 49814
   Champion, NE
      Zip code(s): 69023
   Champion, PA
      Zip code(s): 15622

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Champion
      (1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly "the man between the two," denoting
      the position of Goliath between the two camps. Single combats of
      this kind at the head of armies were common in ancient times. In
      ver. 51 this word is the rendering of a different Hebrew word,
      and properly denotes "a mighty man."
     
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