champeen

plural champeens

1. nonstandardA champion.

   "You're right, me lad, I was the best fightin' man, the greatest champeen as ever was."

   1917, Jeffrey Farnol, chapter 24, in The Definite Object

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   "He could whip a dozen Cyclone Dicks in the same evening with his eyes shut." "He's the next champeen," admitted the first speaker.

   1912, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in The Prince and Betty

   "I'd take a li'l' bet that New York ain't lookin' for no champeen ropers or bronco-busters," said Stace.

   1920, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 1, in The Big-Town Round-Up

   In this corner, the operatic heavyweight from Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti! And in this corner, that Iberian emoter, champeen tenor Placido Domingo!

   1991 August 12, “Entertainment: Will Tyson Do The Encores?”, in Time

   So, there he goes, riding off into the golden sunset of history. Lance Armstrong, champeen of the cycling world.

   2005 July 24, Paul Oerjuerge, “Armstrong untouchable to the end”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, USA, retrieved 18 Oct 2010