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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 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 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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