Noun has 2 senses

• champlain(n = noun.person) samuel de champlain - French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635);


• champlain(n = noun.object) lake 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;