tourney

tour·ney  (trn, tûr-)

intr.v. tour·neyed, tour·ney·ing, tour·neys

To compete in a tournament.

n. pl. tour·neys

A tournament.

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[Middle English torneien, from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin *tornizre, to turn around, from Latin tornre, to turn in a lathe; see turn.]

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tourney [ˈtʊənɪ ˈtɔː-] Medieval history

n

(Historical Terms) a knightly tournament

vb

(Historical Terms) (intr) to engage in a tourney

[from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament]

tourneyer  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner tournament 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
Verb	1.	tourney - engage in a tourney                   fight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

Translations

tourney [ˈtʊənɪ] N (Hist) → torneo m

tourney

n (Hist, US Sport) → Turnier nt