Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stretch of level and open country; a plain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flat open country.
- Level; open.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Flat; open; level.
- noun A flat, open country.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geography, archaic Open
countryside , or an area of open countryside. - noun obsolete A
battlefield . - adjective Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
- noun extensive tract of level open land
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Clinton's champaign is fighting for states both candidates agreed not to champaign in?
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Truly the phrase champaign socialists has never been more apt for this amoral, corrupt, sleaze ridden government.
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The coast receded between the eastern point of the cove to that which terminated the Bay of Torwich, embracing what may be almost termed a champaign country, compared with the barren scenery I have described; and displaying the uneven surface of the richly wooded Park of Dovedale, with the ruins of two castles.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 Various
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The soil there is very fruitful, a great part whereof is mountainous, but much likewise champaign, which is the most sweet and pleasant part, for it is watered by several navigable streams, and beautified with many gardens of pleasure planted with divers sorts of trees and an abundance of orchards.
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Jamrkan and Sa’adan rode out with forty-thousand stalwart fighting-men, under each standard a thousand cavaliers, doughty champions, foremost in champaign.
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In other news the liberals and dems are upset on this board because they didn't get a check that Obama promised them during his champaign instead he bought himself a new teleprompter and sent the rest to help Hamas
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Last night Shawn and I celebrated by opening a bottle of champaign (no, really, we always have some around) and watching "Last Legion" (which, btw, is an AWESOME movie.)
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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This is hilarious coming from the party that tried to use Britney Spears 'fame to denounce Obama's fame during the champaign.
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Where can I contribute to Mr. King's political champaign?
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In other news the liberals and dems are upset on this bored because they didn't get a check that Obama promised them during his champaign instead he bought himself a new teleprompter and sent the rest to help Hamas
asativum commented on the word champaign
Also an extensive tract of level open land set in an extensive tract of level open land set in an extensive tract of mostly level, mostly open land known as Illinois.
June 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word champaign
Are you on the level, Asa?
September 26, 2008
reesetee commented on the word champaign
It's the name of a town in Illinois, bilb. :-)
September 26, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word champaign
Is the town level, though? What about extensive... is it extensive too?
September 26, 2008
seanahan commented on the word champaign
I lived there for a couple years, and it is indeed quite level.
September 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word champaign
According to WordNet it's 'the solid part of the Earth's surface'. I hope it's extensive.
September 27, 2008
mollusque commented on the word champaign
Strange, I looked up this word about 2 minutes before I signed on to Wordie this morning. MW3 says that it was often pronounced cham- rather than sham- in its floruit.
September 27, 2008
kewpid commented on the word champaign
A campaign run by the liberal elite.
December 15, 2008