champerty
— Noun
– English
~ an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty"
champion
— Verb
– English
~ protect or fight for as a champion
champion
— Adjective
– English
~ holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
champion
— Noun
– English
~ a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
champion
— Noun
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~ someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
champion
— Noun
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~ someone who fights for a cause
champion
— Noun
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~ someone who has won first place in a competition
championship
— Noun
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~ a competition at which a champion is chosen
championship
— Noun
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~ the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"
championship
— Noun
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~ the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
champlain
— Noun
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~ French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
Champlain
— Noun
– English
~ a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
champleve
— Adjective
– English
~ (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
Champollion
— Noun
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~ Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
chanal
— Noun
– English
~ thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
chanar
— Noun
– English
~ thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
chance
— Verb
– English
~ come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
chance
— Verb
– English
~ be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
chance
— Verb
– English
~ take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
chance
— Adjective
– English
~ occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"