CHAMPAIGN
Cham*paign", n. Etym: [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.]
Defn: A flat, open country.
Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton.
Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth.
CHAMPAIGN
Cham*paign", a.
Defn: Flat; open; level.
A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison.
CHAMPER
Champ"er, n.
Defn: One who champs, or bites.
CHAMPERTOR Cham"per*tor, n. Etym: [F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See Champerty.] (Law)
Defn: One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
CHAMPERTY
Cham"per*ty, n. Etym: [F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ
(L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share.]
1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.