अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England.

One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.

The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap.

A location or compartment.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.

To divide into chapters, as a book.

A decretal epistle.

A bishop's council.

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

A community of canons or canonesses.

A chapter house.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

A business meeting of any religious community.

An impost.

Alt. of Chare

To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.