Dictionary entry

Champion (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cham″pi‐on, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Championed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Championing.] Shak.

2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

Championed or unchampioned, thou diest.

Sir W. Scott.