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Webster 1913 Edition


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.
☞ 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tournament

TOURNAMENT

,
Noun.
turn'ament. A martial sport or exercise formerly performed by cavaliers to show their address and bravery. These exercises were performed on horseback, and were accompanied with tilting, or attacks with blunted lances and swords.

Definition 2024


tournament

tournament

English

Noun

tournament (plural tournaments)

  1. (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
  2. A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
    • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England
      England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament.
  3. (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

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