Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The position or title of a winner.
  • noun Defense or support; advocacy.
  • noun A competition or series of competitions held to determine a winner.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or honor of being a champion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun sports A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
  • noun The position of champion, or winner.
  • noun Defense or support of some cause.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the status of being a champion
  • noun a competition at which a champion is chosen
  • noun the act of providing approval and support

Etymologies

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From champion +‎ -ship.

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