Hypertext Webster Gateway: "champion"
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."
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
champion
adj 1: 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" [syn: {prizewinning}]
n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn: {champ},
{title-holder}]
2: someone who fights for a cause [syn: {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}, {admirer},
{booster}, {friend}]
v : protect or fight for as a champion [syn: {defend}]
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