Champ

Champ
This unusual and interesting name is French in origin and is a topographical surname denoting someone who lived in or near a field or an expanse of open country. The derivation is from the Old French word "champ", meaning field or open land, from the Latin "campus", plain expanse of flat land. As a surname it could also apply to someone who lived in the countryside as opposed to a town. The modern English surname can be found as Camp, Campe and Champe. There are many European variations of the name, in French "Delcamp, Dechamp(s)" etc., in Italy, "Campi, Campari", etc., in Germany "Kampler" and so on. One, Abell Champ was married to Thomas Stokes, at St. Katherine's by the Tower, London, on the 2nd February 1634. John Champ, an early emigrant to the New World, was resident in St. James City, Virginia, prior to February 16th 1623. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Joane Champe, christened, which was dated December 17th 1581, in "St. Andrew's", Enfield, London., during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • champ — 1. (chan ; prononciation qui est celle qu au XVIe siècle Palsgrave indique, p. 24 ; le p ne se lie jamais : un champ aride, dites : un chan aride ; au pluriel l s se lie : des chan z arides) s. m. 1°   Espace ouvert et plat. Du haut du Pic du… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • champ — CHAMP. s. mas. Étendue, pièce de terre labourable, qui d ordinaire n est pas fermée de murailles. Champ fertile, champ stérile, champ de tant d arpens, etc. Labourer, cultiver, fumer, semer, moissonner un champ. Au bout du champ. Le décimateur… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Champ — bezeichnet: Champ (Seeungeheuer), Seeungeheuer im Lake Champlain Champion (Kämpfer), Kurzform für den Sieger eines Sportwettbewerbs Die Abkürzung CHAMP bezeichnet: CHAMP, deutscher Satellit für Geodäsie und Geophysik Champ ist der Name folgender… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Champ — can refer to: As an abbreviation for champion, a winner of a competition : Champ Car, class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing Champ Car World Series, international open wheel championship Roland Champ Bailey… …   Wikipedia

  • CHAMP — Typ: Forschungssatellit Land: Deutschland Behörde: GFZ NSSDC ID: 2000 039B Missionsdaten Start …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Champ — (ch[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Champed} (ch[a^]mt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Champing}.] [Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k[ a]msa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • champ — Ⅰ. champ [1] ► VERB 1) munch enthusiastically or noisily. 2) fret impatiently. ● champ at the bit Cf. ↑champ at the bit ORIGIN probably imitative. Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

  • champ — champ1 [champ] vt. [earlier cham; prob. echoic] to chew hard and noisily; munch n. the act of champing champ at the bit 1. to bite upon its bit repeatedly and restlessly: said of a horse 2. to show impatience at restraint; be restless ☆ champ2… …   English World dictionary

  • Champ — Champ, v. i. To bite or chew impatiently. [1913 Webster] They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Champ — Champ, Champe Champe, n. [F. champ, L. campus field.] (Arch.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Champ — 〈[ tʃæ̣mp] m. 6; kurz für〉 Champion * * * Champ [t̮ʃɛmp ], der; s, s [engl. champ] (Sport): kurz für ↑ Champion …   Universal-Lexikon

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