champion
要点優勝者、闘士
意味
- (競技の)優勝者;最優秀賞をとった人(動物)
- (主義・主張のために戦う)闘士
- 優勝した,最優秀賞をとった
- 《英話》とびきりの,この上ない
- この上なく
- …のために戦う
例文
He will fight the heavyweight champion tomorrow.
彼はあしたヘビー級チャンピオンと対戦する。
The champion had the challengers at his mercy.
チャンピオンは挑戦者たちを思うままにあしらった。
He is what is called a champion of justice.
彼はいわゆる正義の味方だ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).