championless

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adjective

Without a champion.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English champion →
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Meanings

adjectivechampionless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a champion.

    Lone in a far-off land, / With empty heart and treasure lost, / Poor, championless, and fortune-crost, She stretches out her hand...

    1886, Harriett Stockall, “"From Love's Ashes"”, in Poems: Second Series
    1 more example

    And while men spoke betwixt wrath and mockery of the Rusty Knight, I loved more dearly that champion who was doing so ill so bravely for a championless lady...

    1921, Eleanor Farjeon, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unchampioned

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. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  14. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  16. Englishchampionless

From champion + -less.

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APA

championless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/championless

MLA

“championless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/championless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “championless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/championless.

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