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Definition: Champion |
ChampionAdjective1. Clearly superior or having the attributes of a winner; "a champion at teaching". 2. Holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine". Noun1. Someone who has won first place in a competition. 2. Someone who fights for a cause. 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". Verb1. Protect or fight for as a champion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "champion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Champion \Cham"pi*on\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Championed; present participle verb or noun Championing.]. (references) |
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Bible | 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." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a champion, denotes you will win the warmest friendship of some person by your dignity and moral conduct. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Champion is a 1949 film noir film which tells the story of a boxer who becomes the public's champion while destroying his private life. It stars Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman.The movie was adapted by Carl Foreman from a story by Ring Lardner. It was directed by Mark Robson.
It won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kirk Douglas), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Arthur Kennedy), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay.
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Champion is a town located in Jefferson County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,361.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 116.7 km² (45.1 mi²). 114.7 km² (44.3 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.71% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 4,361 people, 1,675 households, and 1,190 families residing in the town. The population density is 38.0/km² (98.4/mi²). There are 1,906 housing units at an average density of 16.6/km² (43.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 92.85% White, 2.75% African American, 0.62% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 0.89% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. 2.89% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,675 households out of which 36.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% are married couples living together, 8.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% are non-families. 23.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.06. In the town the population is spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $34,875, and the median income for a family is $41,415. Males have a median income of $35,093 versus $21,386 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,951. 10.5% of the population and 7.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.0% are under the age of 18 and 8.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Champion, New York."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
champion | English | Compatible hardware and milestone program for integrating organizational needs | N/A |
| Champ. | English | Champion | N/A |
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Synonyms: ChampionSynonyms: prizewinning (adj), admirer (n), booster (n), champ (n), fighter (n), friend (n), hero (n), paladin (n), protagonist (n), supporter (n), title-holder (n), defend (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel. |
Combatant | Noun: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough. |
Defense | Garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian; (safety); bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner. |
Deputy | Team, eight, eleven; champion. |
Inexpedience | Super-excellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Former greenskeeper and now about to become the masters champion. (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) As defending champion, you nervous (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) Behold the new champion of Chandler's stupid state game (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) And so, unknown even to her closest friends, Rick Mason and Cindy Lee, she became a dual person: Andrea Thomas, teacher; and Isis, dedicated foe of evil, defender of the weak, champion of truth and justice (Isis; writing credit: Kathleen Barnes; Russell Bates) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Football Champion (1973) Afternoon of a Champion (1972) Champion House (1967) | |
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![]() | 4H girl shows Grand Champion Gurnsey heifer. Credit: USDA. | ![]() | Smoking? No Way! : Wimbledon Champion / National Campaign Against Drug Abuse[,] Health Department...Western Australia. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | [Robert Champion Bassett]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Champion guns crew with Lieutenant Lewis J. Clark, 1903. They are posed with a 13-inch shell, on the foredeck in front of the ship's forward 13"/35 gun turret. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Lithograph by Middleton, Strobridge & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864, after a drawing by Chas. A. Fisher. Inscription below the image reads: "United States Steamer Champion. Mississippi Squadron. Acting Ensign Thomas Divins, Commanding Nov. 1864". Thomas "Divins" is a misprint for Thomas Divine. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Set-to between the champion old tip & the swell Dutcheman of Kinderhook -- 1836. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The champion of despotism. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The champion scorcher. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Civilization builders. Ah! The manly art of self defense! Training a champion, no doubt! ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Chicago, Ill., 1941(?)--A 4-H club member and the pen of lambs that he fed-out for champion pen of sheep at the international livestock exposition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Excellent; great; superb; superior; good news; accomplished; admirable; attractive; capital; certified; champion; choice; choicest; desirable; distinctive; distinguished; estimable; exceptional; exemplary; exquisite; fine; finest; first; first-class; firs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Oliver Goldsmith | Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative. |
Robert Frost | A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork. |
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John Locke | 1690 | In these cases Barclay, the great champion of absolute monarchy, is forced to allow, that a king may be resisted, and ceases to be a king. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, many of the fears about creating excessive demand by offering community services have not been borne out by experience (Lawton et al., 1989). Indeed, an important question to be explored is why many supportive services for ADRD patients and their families, which some champion as sorely needed, often go underutilized. (references) | |
Business | The CAP 232 has held the position of World Champion since 1998. With more than 20 of these competition single seaters already constructed, this aircraft has proven to be a great success. (references) | |
Economic History | France | The top five supermarket companies are Intermarché, Super U, Champion, Stoc and Shopi. (references) |
Jordan | Although the Government of Jordan stated its opposition to the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, popular support for Iraq was driven by Jordan's Palestinian community, which favored Saddam as a champion against Western supporters of Israel. (references) | |
Chad | Chad has been an active champion of regional cooperation through the Central African Economic and Customs Union, the Lake Chad and Niger River Basin Commissions, and the Interstate Commission for the Fight Against the Drought in the Sahel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Karl Lagerfeld | Cha Cha, I love. I was a champion in Cha Cha, world. I even remember very well and I do very well the Bolero. I don't know if you remember that one. |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Our government, once a champion of national purpose, is now seen as a captive of narrow interests, putting more burdens on our citizens, instead of equipping them to get ahead. |
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| "Champion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.51% of the time. "Champion" is used about 2,872 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.51% | 2,743 | 3,350 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.6% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.53% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.66% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.49% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.21% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,872 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "champion" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Champion | Last name | 7,000 | 1,899 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Champion Technology Holdings Limited | USA | Champion Communication Services, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Champion, MI 2. Champion, NE 3. Champion, PA |
Expressions using "champion": champion Heights ♦ champion in sport ♦ champion lode ♦ champion of a human rights ♦ champion of liberty ♦ champion smth. ♦ champion swimmer ♦ heavyweight champion ♦ reigning champion ♦ woman champion ♦ world champion ♦ world's champion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "champion": Champion-elect, champion-ship, champion-ships. | |
Ending with "champion": amateur-champion, boxing-champion, euro-champion, ex-champion, marathon-champion, twice-champion, world-champion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
champion | 1,622 | champion clothing | 116 |
champion spark plug | 568 | champion mobile home | 113 |
champion home | 292 | stanley cup champion | 107 |
champion league | 278 | champion nutrition | 102 |
champion mortgage | 267 | champion realty | 102 |
champion boat | 224 | champion sports | 100 |
air champion | 223 | night of champion | 89 |
we are the champion | 219 | hyatt grand champion | 86 |
champion juicer | 214 | champion on ice | 83 |
nba champion | 205 | world series champion | 77 |
airline champion | 192 | uefa champion league | 77 |
champion real estate school | 184 | auto champion | 73 |
champion tour | 179 | champion camp | 70 |
champion window | 176 | 2003 champion night | 69 |
racing champion | 167 | champion lyrics we | 68 |
champion sportswear | 158 | champion manufactured home | 67 |
champion of world | 149 | champion sports bra | 64 |
champion chevrolet | 147 | champion bra | 64 |
champion ford | 125 | battery champion | 64 |
champion norrath | 121 | champion choice | 62 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "champion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përkrahës (abettor, adherent, advocate, allied, backer, booster, devotee, encouraging, exponent, follower, friend, help, partisan, promoter, satellite, supporter, upholder), përkrah (advance, back, bolster, buttress, encourage, espouse, Favor, favour, hug, patronize, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), mbrojtës (advocate, apologetic, apologetical, back, conservator, defender, fullback, guard, Guardian, keeper, paraclete, patron, protective, protector, quarterback, tutelar, vindicator, vindicatory), mbroj (assert, cover, cushion, defend, fend, fight, guard, hold, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, shield, stick up for, watch over), kampion (champ, pattern, sample, whiz, whizz). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجل (pre eminent), ناصر (befriend, help, patronize, side, stand by, stand up for, support), المحارب (warrior), النصير (adherent, backer, devotee, exponent, partisan, patron, protector, supporter), أيد (advocate, affirm, countenance, favor, favour, further, go in for, look with favor on, look with favour on, plunk, reason, second, side, side with, stand for, stand up for, stick up, stick up for, subscribe, subserve, support, sustain, underpin, uphold, validate), دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, cushion, defend, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulse, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, propulsive, repulsive, score, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate), بطل (hero, heroic). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | юнак, чудесен (admirable, beautiful, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), шампион (champ, title holder, world-beater), голям специалист, герой (hero), великолепен (colossal, glorious, gorgeous, grand, immense, imperial, magnificent, palatial, pompous, princely, royal, smashing, splashing, splendid, super, superb, wonderful), отстоявам (assert, defend, maintain, receive, stand up for, uphold, vindicate), защитавам (defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, shield, solicit, vindicate, ward), боря се за (contest, dispute, stand for), първокласен (classic, classical, clinking, exclusive, first class, first rate, five-star, gilt-edged, number one, posh, prize, pucka, pukka, ranking, scratch, slap up, slashing, swell, top notch, topflight, top-hole). (various references) | |
Chinese | 軍 , 军 (Championship). (various references) | |
Czech | zastánce (advocate, exponent, protagonist), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), vítìz (Victor, winner), prvotřídní (big time, chance, choice, crack, first class, first rate, high-class, preeminent, star, sterling, tiptop, topflight, topnotch), přeborník, obránce (advocate, apologist, back, defender, supporter), mistr (foreman, master), bojovník (campaigner, combatant, crusader, fighter, warrior), šampión. (various references) | |
Danish | champion, ærespræmiedyr. (various references) | |
Dutch | kampioen, voorvechter (apostle), titelhouder. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ĉampiono. (various references) | |
Farsi | پهلوان (Athlete), پشتیبانی کردن (Aid, Countenance, Prop, Rally, Second, Support), مبارزه (Battle), قهرمان (Champ, Hero, Knight, Victor), دفاع کردن از (Assert, Defend, Vindicate). (various references) | |
Finnish | mestari (adept, expert, maestro, master). (various references) | |
French | champion. (various references) | |
German | meister (adept, boss, Buster, chief, foreman, Lord, Mac, maestro, master, masters, showman). (various references) | |
Greek | πρωταθλητής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לתמוך (advocate, back, brace, buttress, maintain, stand by, stay, support, sustain, take sides), ל"'ול ב- (stand for), אלוף (chieftain, friend, general, governor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bajnok (champ, protagonist, to be all aces). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penggondol (winner), kampiun (advocate), juara, jawara, jagoan (fighter, fire-eater). (various references) | |
Italian | campione (adept, champ, defender, foreman, masters, pattern, piece, sample, specimen, virtuoso). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 覇者 (supreme ruler, titleholder). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チャン"オン , きょう"う (arrogance, collation, contend with, crying aloud, examining and comparing, pride, quarrel, veteran), せ"しゅけ" (leading, right of preoccupancy, top-rank), はしゃ (supreme ruler, titleholder), とうし (boxer, clairvoyance, death from cold, dying by the wayside, fight, fighter, fighting spirit, freezing to death, Fujiwara family, investment, island governor, militant, poetry of the Tang period, seeing through, stealthy glance, Tang poetry, X-ray). (various references) | |
Korean | 사 (Warrior). (various references) | |
Manx | shassoo er son (stand for), roortagh (athlete, athletic, redoubtable), reih (choice, choose, correct, correct as behaviour, discrimination, elect, favourite, opt, option, preferred, single out), gastagh (brightness, hero, nimble), feniaght. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kampion. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampionchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | campeão (ace, champ, crack). (various references) | |
Romanian | campion (Ace, champ, defender), susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), ocrotitor (patronal, screening, shielding, upholder), minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, brave, bright, capital, charming, delightfully, exceptional, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, marvellous, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, proud, royal, special, splendid, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working), luptãtor (contestant, fighter, militant, warrior), excelent (a1, best, capital, clinking, consummate, crack, excellent, excellently, exquisite, fine, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, splendid, that's capital, tiptop, topping), avocat (advocate, attorney, barrister, barristers, counsel, counsellor at-law, lawyer, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor, supporter), atlet (athlete), as (Ace, nailer), apãrãtor (apron, defencist, defender, friend, Guardian, palladium, protector, supporter), apãra (advocate, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, ward), animal remarcabil, adept (adherent, advocate, backer, dependant, dependent, devotee, disciple, follower, hanger-on, initiate, partisan, proselyte, sectary, supporter, sympathizer, upholder, votarist, votary, zealot), învingãtor (conqueror, triumphant, vanquisher, victorious, winner). (various references) | |
Russian | чемпион (title holder, title-holder). (various references) | |
Scottish | laoch (a hero, hero, warrior), gaisgeach (hero, warrior). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prvoklasan (brag, excellent, first chop, first class, first rate, luxe: de luxe, prime, tip top, top flight, top notch, topgallant, tops), prvak (leader), pobornik (supporter), boriti se za, borac (combatant, fighter, supporter), šampion (champ, title holder). (various references) | |
Spanish | campeón (crackerjack). (various references) | |
Swedish | mästare (boss, champ, master, Meister, past master, wizard). (various references) | |
Turkish | uğrunda mücadele vermek, savunucu (advocate, apologist, defender), savunmak (advocate, argue, argue for smth., assert, declare oneself, defend, fence, fight, justify, line up with, plead, protect, stand up, stand up for, stick up for, vindicate), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), müdafaa etmek (advocate, defend, plead), galip (conquering, prevailing, top dog, triumphant, vanquisher, Victor, victorious, winner), en iyi (best, of the first water, tiptop, top, top drawer, topflight, top-hole, topnotch, tops), destekleyici, desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), şampiyon (champ, grand master), üstün niteliklere sahip kimse. (various references) | |
Turkmen | зempion (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чудовий (a, admirable, adorable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, brave, bright, bully, capital, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delicious, delightful, eminent, excellent, fine, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), чемпіон (champ), відстоювати (advocate, assert, defecate, defend), викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), оборонець (advocate, protector, vindicator), захистник, захищати (advocate, apologize, assert, bield, bonnet, cover, defend, fight, overshade, overshadow, protect, shelter, shield, stand by, stand up for, stick up for), атлет (athlete), боротися (antagonize, battle, buffet, combat, contend, debate, fight, grapple, militate, oppugn, strive, struggle, take on, tussle, wrestle), борець (bruiser, defender, fighter, pugilist, wolf's bane, wrestler), поборник (apostle, devotee, protagonist, vindicator, zealot), першорядний (a, crack, first, first rate, nailing, spiffing), першокласник, переможець (conqueror, top dog, vanquisher, winner). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vô địch (inexpugnable, invincible, matchless, unrivalled), quán quân chiến sĩ, người vô địch. (various references) | |
Welsh | campwr (adept), rhyswr (hero), pencampwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agonotheta, campus, defensor, defensorem, defensori, propugnator, propugnatorem. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | cempa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai exhlqen anhr dunatoV ek thV parataxewV twn allofulwn goliaq onoma autw ek geq uyoV autou tessarwn phcewn kai spiqamhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath de Geth altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And a bastard man wente out fro the tentis of Philistiens, Goliath of Geth bi name, in heiyte of sexe cubitis and a span; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall. |
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| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Ug may migula nga usa ka bantugan gikan sa campo sa mga Filistehanon, nga ginganlan si Goliath, sa Gath, kansang gitas-on may unom ka maniko ug usa ka dangaw. |
| Croatian | Iz filistejskih redova izaðe jedan izazivaè. Zvao se Golijat, a bio je iz Gata. Visok bijaše šest lakata i jedan pedalj. |
| Danish | Da trådte en Tvekæmper ved Navn Goliat fra Gat ud af Filisternes Rækker, seks Alen og et Spand høj. |
| Dutch | Toen ging er een kampvechter uit, uit het leger der Filistijnen; zijn naam was Goliath, van Gath; zijn hoogte was zes ellen en een span. |
| Finnish | Niin filistealaisten joukoista tuli kaksintaistelija nimeltä Goljat, kotoisin Gatista. Hän oli kuuden kyynärän ja vaaksan pituinen. |
| French | Un homme sortit alors du camp des Philistins et s`avança entre les deux armées. Il se nommait Goliath, il était de Gath, et il avait une taille de six coudées et un empan. |
| German | Da trat aus den Lagern der Philister ein Riese mit Namen Goliath von Gath, sechs Ellen und eine Handbreit hoch; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka seorang jago berkelahi yang bernama Goliat, dari kota Gat, keluar dari perkemahan Filistin untuk menantang orang Israel. Tingginya kira-kira tiga meter, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hata, maka dari dalam tentara orang Filistin keluarlah seorang pendekar, yang bernama Goliat, dari negeri Gat, adapun tinggi batang tubuhnya enam hasta lebih sejengkal. |
| Italian | Dall'accampamento dei Filistei uscì un campione, chiamato Golia, di Gat; era alto sei cubiti e un palmo. |
| Maori | Na ko te putanga o tetahi tangata, he papatu, i roto i te puni o nga Pirihitini, ko tona ingoa, ko Koriata, no Kata, e ono whatianga kotahi hoki whanganga a te ringa tona roa. |
| Norwegian | Da gikk en tvekjemper ut av filistrenes leir; han hette Goliat og var fra Gat; han var seks alen og et spann høi. |
| Portuguese | Então saiu do arraial dos filisteus um campeão, cujo nome era Golias, de Gate, que tinha de altura seis côvados e um palmo. |
| Rumanian | Atunci a iewit un om din tabqra Filistenilor wi a knaintat kntre cele douq owtiri. El se numea Goliat, era din Gat, wi avea o knqlyime de wase coyi wi o palmq. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "champion": championed, championing, champions, championship, championships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "champion": cochampion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "champion": cochampions. (additional references) | |
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"Champion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cambion, campian, Campione, campioni, champeen, Champigny, Champkin, Charmion, Chempro, Chumphon, Ciampino, Ciapino, Clappison, khamsin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "champion" (pronounced kha"mpēun) |
| 6 | -a" m p ē u n | Campion. |
| 4 | -p ē u n | scorpion, thespian, utopian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, alien, amphibian, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-m-n-o-p" | |
-1 letter: aphonic, campion. | |
-2 letters: anomic, camion, chopin, manioc, painch, phonic. | |
-3 letters: amino, amnic, amnio, campi, campo, capon, chain, champ, chiao, chimp, china, chino, chomp, macho, macon, manic, mocha, nacho, ohmic, panic, piano, pinch, poach. | |
-4 letters: amin, cain, camp, caph, capo, cham, chao, chap, chia, chin, chip, chon, chop, ciao, cion, coin, coma, comp, coni, icon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-m-n-o-p" | |
+1 letter: champions, hypomanic. | |
+2 letters: anamorphic, champignon, championed, cochampion, megaphonic, morphactin, phonematic, pitchwoman, taphonomic. | |
+3 letters: amphictyony, champignons, championing, cochampions, monographic, morphactins, nomographic, nonemphatic, phonogramic. | |
+4 letters: actinomorphy, amphictyonic, camphorating, championship, misanthropic, nymphomaniac, panchromatic, philharmonic, phonemically, phonogrammic, photodynamic, sycophantism. | |
+5 letters: accomplishing, acetaminophen, actinomorphic, amphictyonies, championships, cinematograph, commandership, companionship, endolymphatic, hyperromantic, micrographing, nymphomaniacs, pathognomonic, philharmonics, psychodynamic, sycophantisms, symphonically. | |
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