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champion
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[ noun ] (games) someone who has won first place in a competition
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)If the Orioles are to break their losing_streak within the next two days , it will have to be at_the_expense_of the American_League champion New_York Yankees , who come in here tomorrow for a night_game and a single test Sunday afternoon . Skinny_Brown and Hoyt_Wilhelm , the Flock 's veteran knuckleball specialists , are slated to oppose the American_League champions in tomorrow 's 8 P.M. contest . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Rabb , the former Louisiana_State field_general , came_off the bench for his debut with the Bills Sunday and directed his new team to a 22 - 12 upset victory over the Houston_Oilers , defending league champions . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)He took a midnight train out of Cleveland Saturday , without an official word to anybody , and has stayed away from newsmen on his train trip across_the_nation to Reno , Nev. , where his wife , former Olympic Diving Champion Zoe_Ann_Olsen , awaited . (The New York Times,...)Nick_Skorich , the line_coach for the football champion Philadelphia_Eagles , was elevated today to head coach . Related terms |
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[ verb ] protect or fight for as a champion
Synonyms Used in print (The American-German Review,...)`` Now that Bruno_Walter is virtually in retirement and my dear friend Dimitri_Mitropoulos is no_longer with us , I am probably the only one - with the possible exception of Leonard_Bernstein - who has this special affinity for and champions the works of Bruckner and Mahler '' . |
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[ noun ] someone who fights for a cause
Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)In the cow camps , Tom_Horn was regarded_as a hero , as the same kind of champion he was when he entered and invariably won the local rodeos . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1899
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[ adjective ] holding first place in a contest
Synonyms Examples "a champion show dog" "a prizewinning wine" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] clearly superior or having the attributes of a winner
Examples "a champion at teaching" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Synonyms Examples "all their supporters came out for the game" "they are friends of the library" |
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