champion
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtʃæmpɪən/
- Gore who became a champion for gay marriage.
- a champion of freedom
- a champion of rights
- champions and opinion leaders
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- Thanks for being our champions and I can't wait to read your book.
- Remember, Warren Buffett is the champion of the passive index investing model.
- And she's been one of my biggest cheerleaders and champions throughout my life.
Examples
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He has been democracy's champion at home and abroad.
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Keep your perspective as being a champion of humanity.
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These are both people who were not champions of democracy.
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This is the new person being lionized as a champion of trans rights.
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Lillian was an outspoken critic of the former and a champion of the latter.
Fiction book (1999) -
Liz Kerr is a long-time library association leader and champion of school libraries in Ontario and beyond.
Academic text (2011) -
Mr. Trump claimed that he was the champion of the working class of this country.
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Every day, Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.
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He has been democracy's champion at home and abroad.
Synonyms
810
1.0
A person who backs a team or a cause
709
2.8
A person who fights for a cause or as a job
699
1.0
A person who supports and helps someone, group, or cause
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4.1
A person who supports a cause or policy in public
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2.8
A person who protects someone or something from harm
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5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
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3.2
A person who publicly supports and promotes an idea or group
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7.9
A person who argues for a belief or policy
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5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
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6.6
A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
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3.2
A person who supports and promotes a team, player, or cause
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6.0
A person who strongly supports and helps spread a new idea or cause early on
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9.9
A brave person who fights for a good cause
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3.8
A person who stays loyal to a cause or someone even when it is difficult
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6.2
A person who supports and explains an idea or cause
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4.4
A person who publicly supports someone or something
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8.3
A person who publicly supports and leads a movement
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5.5
A person who supports a belief, cause, or tradition
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8.7
A person who defends a belief, policy, or organization against criticism
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7.7
A person who defends people or ideas that others criticize
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7.8
A person who supports and promotes an idea or cause
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6.8
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
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Etymology
Champion originally named someone who fought for another person or cause, from the old word campio meaning 'fighter'. That's why a champion can also mean a strong defender or supporter of a person or idea.