Meanings
campion1
plural campions
- Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Then over his turnèd temples—here— / Was a rose, or, failing that, / Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear / For a beauty-bow to his hat, […]
1918, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “[Poem 63]”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 83
Campion2
plural Campions
- countableuncountableA surname from Anglo-Norman.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
- countableuncountableAn abandoned townsite, now a locality in the Shire of Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcampion
- Englishcampion
Likely from Middle English campion, a variant of champioun; see champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian плюскавиче
- плюскавиче (pljuskaviče)Silene
Czech kohoutek, silenka
- kohoutekLychnis
- silenkaSilene
Finnish käenkukka, kohokki
- käenkukkaLychnis
- kohokkiSilene
German Pechnelke, Leimkraut
- PechnelkeLychnis
- LeimkrautSilene
Hungarian kakukkszegfű, habszegfű
- kakukkszegfűLychnis
- habszegfűSilene
- sziléneSilene
Russian зо́рька, смолёвка
- зо́рька (zórʹka)Lychnis
- смолёвка (smoljóvka)Silene
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Cite this entry
campion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campion
“campion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “campion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campion.
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