An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Someone who fights for a cause or status.
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
Excellent; beyond compare.
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
Backgammon (the game itself).
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To cure bacon by salting.
To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).