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Word: Tournament
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in tournament (sense 2)): from Anglo-Norman French variants of Old French torneiement, from torneier ‘take part in a tourney’ (see tourney)
ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt
ˈtɔːnəm(ə)nt
ˈtəːnəm(ə)nt
(in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.
Short Definition:(in sport or game) series of contests between several competitors, competing for overall prize
(in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize.
Short Definition:(in Middle Ages) sporting event in which two knights or two groups of knights jousted on horseback with blunted weapons
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