Tournament
['tʊənəm(ə)nt] or ['tɔnəmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
(noun.) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tourney.
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Definition
n. a military sport of the Middle Ages in which combatants engaged one another to display their courage and skill in arms: any contest in skill involving a number of competitors and a series of games.—Also Tour′ney.
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Examples
- I went thither to render to Isaac the Jew of York, replied Gurth, the price of a suit of armour with which he fitted my master for this tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It had been a Cistercian Convent in old days, when the Smithfield, which is contiguous to it, was a tournament ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The pause in the tournament was still uninterrupted, excepting by the voices of the heralds exclaiming--Love of ladies, splintering of lances! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is not a tilt at a tournament we are going to behold, but a struggle about money, and food, and life. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From the Disinherited Knight, said Gurth, victor in this day's tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ere she had time to do so, the Templar whispered to the Prior, I shall wear no collar of gold of yours at the tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Unbelieving dog, said the Templar to Isaac the Jew, as he passed him in the throng, dost thou bend thy course to the tournament? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Let me hope she will be less cruel to the splendid train which are to meet at the tournament. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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