Champion of England

American  

noun

1. a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king King's Champion or the queen Queen's Champion who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.

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Example Sentences

It is the quintessential sleeping giant: Champion of England three times in the 1950s, the club has enjoyed only two brief spells in the Premier League since 1992.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2017

Champion of England, the, 'lifted into his saddle,' 176.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

My way to school led me past the Champion of England public-house, kept by the Tipton Slasher—William Perry, from whom Tom Sayers afterwards wrested the honours of the Prize Ring.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie

In quality it is tender, very sweet and well flavored, resembling the Champion of England.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

The variety was originated by Mr. William Fairbeard, who also raised the Champion of England.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing