champion

champion. Hist. A person chosen to represent a defendant in trial by combat. • If the champion lost, the defendant was adjudged guilty. A champion who survived was fined for intentionally or ignorantly defending an unjust cause; one who died was buried in unhallowed ground. See TRIAL BY COMBAT.

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