championess en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English championess From champion + -ess.
Meanings
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(archaic) A female champion.
Then laid the noble Championesse strong hond / Upon th'enchaunter which had her distrest / So sore, and with foule outrages opprest.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| championesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |