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tournament |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, n. [OE. turnement tornement OF torneiement tornoiement F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See {Tourney}.] 1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence figuratively, a real battle. ``In battle and in tourneyment.'' --Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join --Milton. Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another. 2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as a chess tournament. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tournament n 1: a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner [syn: {tourney}] 2: a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
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