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Definition of Champaigns
1. champaign [n] - See also: champaign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Champaigns
Literary usage of Champaigns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural, Statistical, and Civil History of the State of New-York by James Macauley (1829)
"champaigns AND PLAINS. THE first that we shall describe, and the second as to
... It is divided into champaigns and plains. The former are in the county of ..."
2. The Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1834)
"changed it for the noble champaigns of Italy, to which its delicious climate is
more suited than to the rude people who inhabit it. ..."
3. The Poetry of Architecture: Cottage, Villa, Etc. To which is Added by John Ruskin (1877)
"Its champaigns are minutely chequered into fields: we never can see far at ...
Low, but long, hills sweep away for miles into vast uninterrupted champaigns; ..."
4. Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Pictures in the National Gallery by National Gallery (Great Britain) (1901)
"champaigns (PHILIPPE DE), 1602-1674, Was born at Brussels in 1602. ... On Duchesne's
death, DE champaigns continued the decoration of the Luxembourg Palace ..."
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