 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tournament
noun
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
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, noun [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "tournament":
Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, bout, carousel,
competition, concours, contest, derby, encounter, engagement,
event, field day, fight, game, games, go, gymkhana, joust, match,
matching, meet, meeting, rally, regatta, rencontre, test,
the Olympics, tilt, tourney, track meet, trial
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