champion

[ˈtʃæmpiən]

Definition:
1. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
2. Someone who fights for a cause.
3. A person who backs a politician or a team etc..

Use 'champion' in a sentence:

1. The world champion conquered yet another challenger last night.
2. He is a quitter who is temperamentally unsuited to remaining a champion.
3. The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.
4. Foster, who is twice the world champion.
5. In politics, he was a champion of the underdog.
6. Nelson Piquet, three times world champion, was grievously injured.
7. The champion rallied to win the second set 6 – 3.
8. The champion rallied to win the second set 6–3.
9. Seles won 10 tournaments, and was the undisputed world champion.
10. She dropped only eight points in the 43-minute thrashing of the former champion.
11. The champion is leading by 18 seconds.
12. Such coolness under pressure is the mark of a champion.
13. Everywhere he went he was introduced as the current United States Open Champion.
14. This was payback time. I've proved once and for all I can become champion.
15. Today they take the field against county champions Essex.
16. A computer beat the human world champion, repeatedly.
17. The champion is leading (her nearest rival) by 18 seconds.
18. By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland.
19. The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.
20. She knows that becoming world champion is going to be a long haul.
21. He defeated the champion in three sets.
22. A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion.
23. A tumultuous welcome from a 2,000 strong crowd greeted the champion.
24. The list of past champions includes many British internationals.
25. He will be partnered by Ian Baker, the defending champion.
26. The champions came out all guns blazing.
27. She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
28. He was once known as a champion of social reform.
29. She has won the title of the world's champion.
30. He has been tabbed by many people as a future champion.
31. The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.
32. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
33. The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds.
34. The Russian tennis prodigy is well on the way to becoming the youngest world champion of all time.
35. We're playing against the league champions next week.
36. Tim Powell is a former champion powerboat racer.
37. He has been seen as a champion of a more cautious approach to economic reform.
38. He has always championed the cause of gay rights.
39. He is defending champion.
40. The champion turned in a superb performance to retain her title.
41. Kasparov became world champion.
42. She was a champion of the poor all her life.
43. United were league champions last season.
44. After only one game, the chess champion had the measure of his young opponent.
45. His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
46. She held the title of world champion for three years.
47. Beating the world champions is certainly a big ask for the team.
48. Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.
49. The champion was in sparkling form.