·vt To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to Protect.
(1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly "the man between the two," denoting the position of Goliath between the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The great champion of England, who at the coronation of the sovereign throws down his gauntlet, and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book