champion-elect

noun

One who is to be made a champion.

OriginEnglish champion ← Middle English champioun ← Old French champiun →
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Meanings

nounchampion-elect (plural champions-elect)

plural champions-elect

  1. One who is to be made a champion.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  3. Proto-Italic*kampos
  4. Latincampus
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kamp
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kampijan
  7. Frankish*kampijō
  8. Medieval Latincampiō
  9. Old Frenchchampiun
  10. Middle Englishchampioun
  11. Englishchampion
  12. Englishchampion-elect

From champion + -elect.

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APA

champion-elect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champion-elect

MLA

“champion-elect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champion-elect. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “champion-elect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/champion-elect.

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