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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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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

"Lieutenant Adams, Welter-weight Champion of the Navy, and Seaman Hands, ex-Middle-weight Champion of England, have kindly consented to give an exhibition of sparring," he proclaimed, and withdrew.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

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 card was signed T. C. and T. Belcher; but every one knew that the initials stood for the Champion of England, Thomas Cribb. 

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

It is a few days later than Fairbeard's Champion of England, and nearly of the season of the Dwarf Marrowfat, of which it is probably but an improved or sub-variety.

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

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