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• n  someone who has won first place in a competition
• n  someone who fights for a cause
• n  a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
• n  someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• v  protect or fight for as a champion
• s  holding first place in a contest
  a champion show dog

• Pierre Etchebaster was a court tennis champion when Bill Tilden reigned as lawn tennis champion, when Bobby Jones was scoring his grand slam in golf, when Gene Tunney and Jack .
• Nicknames include Pac-Man, The Mexi-cutioner, The People's Champion and National Fist.
• In New York and Pennsylvania, Midget Wolgast is flyweight champion of the world because he won an elimination tournament sanctioned by the boxing boards in those States.

• champ
• title-holder
• fighter
• hero
• paladin
• supporter
• protagonist
• admirer
• booster
• friend
• ace
• adept
• sensation
• maven
• mavin
• virtuoso
• genius
• hotshot
• star
• superstar
• whiz
• whizz
• wizard
• wiz
• defend
• prizewinning

News & Articles

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• Champion trainer Henry Cecil dies at 70
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - English champion racehorse trainer Henry Cecil, who triumphed a record 75 times at Royal Ascot, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 70. "It is with great sadness that Warren Place Stables confirms the passing of Sir Henry Cecil earlier this morning," said a statement on the Newmarket trainer's official website www.sirhenrycecil.com. "Following ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Champion Oil to Exhibit at 2013 China International Auto Parts Expo (CIAPE) in Beijing
  Champion Oil, a globally recognized industry leader in specialty lubricants for over 55 years, announced today that they will be exhibiting top tier passenger car, diesel, racing and performance motor oils plus additives, chemicals and lubricants at the 2013 China International Auto Parts Exposition (CIAPE) in Beijing, China. The China International Auto Parts Expo (CIAPE) is an international ...
  June 11, 2013 - ThomasNet
• Champion Racing Oil to Participate in 2013 SEMA China Business Development Tour
  Champion Oil, a globally recognized industry leader in specialty lubricants for over 55 years, announced today that it will be participating in the 2013 SEMA China Business Development Tour in Beijing, China. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/SEMA/CHINA/prweb10815694.htm
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Sydney Morning Herald
  And we want to make more history in the final.Somebody will.Spain faces the Netherlands on Sunday at Soccer City in Johannesburg, ensuring a first-time champion. The Dutch, who beat Uruguay 3-2 on Tuesday night, have lost in their only two trips to... Joachim Loew http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_L%C3%B6w&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGeOYlq4743nDVlglqQcotqHnUzCw Financial News USA (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.financialnewsusa.com/more/37-sports/16366-puyols-header-enough-to-advance-spain-to-first-world-cup-final&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEE19AJHQNZen5t7svlOKOj5-sxmQ Jul 7, 2010 16554 23080 champion The people of West Virginia have lost a true champion, the United States Senate has lost a venerable institution, and America has lost a voice of principle and reason with the passing of Robert C Byrd," Obama said. "He had the courage to...
• Achmat Dangor in Saudi Gazette
  We mourn, with his family, and the United States of America, the loss of a champion of democracy and civil rights,Nelson Mandela Foundation chief executive Achmat Dangor said.