tour|na|ment

tour|na|ment
tour|na|ment «TUR nuh muhnt, TUR-», noun.
1. a contest of many persons in some sport or game in which the competitors play a series of games: »

a golf tournament, a chess tournament, a bridge tournament.

2. a) a medieval contest between groups of knights on horseback who fought each other with blunted weapons, according to certain rules, for a prize. b) a meeting at which knightly contests, exercises, and sports took place. c) the activities at such a meeting.
3. Figurative. any contest of strength or skill.
╂[Middle English turnement < Old French torneiement < torneier to tourney]

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