Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun champlain

2 senses of champlain

Sense 1
Champlain, Samuel de Champlain -- (French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2
Lake Champlain, Champlain -- (a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812)
       INSTANCE OF=> lake -- (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)