| slovo | definícia |
champion
(mass) | champion
- majster, šampión |
champion
(encz) | champion,borec n: Zdeněk Brož |
champion
(encz) | champion,přeborník n: Zdeněk Brož |
champion
(encz) | champion,šampión n: Zdeněk Brož |
Champion
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\ (ch[a^]m"p[i^]*[u^]n), n. [F. champion,
fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio,
fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L.
campus field, taken in the sense of "field of battle."]
1. One who engages in any contest; especially one who in
ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of
another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks
in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate;
a hero.
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A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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Champions of law and liberty. --Fisher Ames.
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2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an
acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game
of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the
champion of England.
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Note: Champion is used attributively in the sense of
surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion
pugilist; champion chess player.
Syn: Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender;
protector.
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Champion
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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champion
(wn) | champion
adj 1: holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog";
"a prizewinning wine" [syn: 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 [syn: 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" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
4: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: 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] |
CHAMPION
(bouvier) | CHAMPION. He who fights for another, or takes his place in a quarrel; it
also includes him who fights his own battles. Bract. lib. 4, t. 2, c. 12.
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championship
(mass) | championship
- majstrovstvo, prebor |
exchampion
(mass) | ex-champion
- ex-šampión |
champion lode
(encz) | champion lode, n: |
champions
(encz) | champions,šampióni Zdeněk Brožchampions,vítězové Zdeněk Brož |
championship
(encz) | championship,mistrovství n: Zdeněk Brožchampionship,přebor n: Zdeněk Brožchampionship,šampionát n: Zdeněk Brož |
championships
(encz) | championships,šampionáty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Champion
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\ (ch[a^]m"p[i^]*[u^]n), n. [F. champion,
fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio,
fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L.
campus field, taken in the sense of "field of battle."]
1. One who engages in any contest; especially one who in
ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of
another's honor or rights; or one who now acts or speaks
in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate;
a hero.
[1913 Webster]
A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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Champions of law and liberty. --Fisher Ames.
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2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an
acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athletics or game
of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the
champion of England.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Champion is used attributively in the sense of
surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion
pugilist; champion chess player.
Syn: Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender;
protector.
[1913 Webster]Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championed
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championing
(gcide) | Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
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Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Championness
(gcide) | Championness \Cham"pi*on*ness\, n.
A female champion. --Fairfax.
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Championship
(gcide) | Championship \Cham"pi*on*ship\, n.
State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
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champion lode
(wn) | champion lode
n 1: the main vein of ore in a deposit [syn: mother lode,
champion lode] |
championship
(wn) | championship
n 1: the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two
years" [syn: championship, title]
2: a competition at which a champion is chosen
3: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
patronage] |
CHAMPION
(bouvier) | CHAMPION. He who fights for another, or takes his place in a quarrel; it
also includes him who fights his own battles. Bract. lib. 4, t. 2, c. 12.
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