world champion

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world champion (plural world champions)

  1. The winner of a world cup or world championship.
    • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.

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