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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

챔피언

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chaempieon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Champion/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 대회의 챔피언입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or contest.

    "After months of training, she finally became the champion of the national tennis tournament."
As verb
  1. 1

    To support or defend a cause or person.

    "He champions the rights of the underprivileged in his community."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin campio (a gladiator or fighter in the campus or field), entering Old English via Old French. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from a physical combatant and defender of a person's honor to anyone who vigorously supports or fights for a cause, principle, or idea.

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