TOURNAMENT
\tˈʊ͡ənəmənt], \tˈʊənəmənt], \t_ˈʊə_n_ə_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of TOURNAMENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
By Noah Webster.
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In the Middle Ages, a contest, or series of contests, with blunt lances and swords, by knights on horseback; a trial of skill in sports; as, a golf tournament. Also, tourney.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A display of prowess and skill in arms by knights on horseback, usually with blunted lances and swords.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
