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tournament

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tour·na·ment  (trn-mnt, tûr-)
n.
1. A series of contests in which a number of contestants compete and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner.
2. A medieval martial sport in which two groups of mounted and armored combatants fought against each other with blunted lances or swords.

[Middle English tournement, a medieval sport, from Old French torneiement, from torneier, to tourney; see tourney.]

tournament
Noun
1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to determine an overall winner
2. Also: (tourney) Medieval history a contest in which mounted knights fought for a prize [Old French torneiement]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tournamenttournament - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
World Cup - a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion
elimination tournament - a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds
open - a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
round robin - a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
2.tournamenttournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
joust, tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

tournament
noun 2. Medieval history joust, the lists, tourney
Translations
Spanish tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] ntorneo
French tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] ntournoi m
German tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] nTurnier nt
Italian tournament [ˈtuənəmənt] ntorneo

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Then the King said to her, 'I will appoint a tournament in your honour, and I will invite all the princes in the world to it, and if any one of them pleases you, you shall marry him.
This dignity and these knightly graces suggest the tournament, not the prize-fight.
 
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