"championess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: championesses [plural]
Etymology: From champion + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|champion|ess<id:female>}} champion + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} championess (plural championesses)
  1. (archaic) A female champion. Tags: archaic

Inflected forms

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