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   tournament

   /ˈtʊənəm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. (in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize. Similar competitioncontestchampionshipseriesmeetingmeeteventmatchtrialboutfixtureclash
   • 2. (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. Similar joustjoustingtourneytiltlists
   • ▪ a modern event involving display of military techniques and exercises: "the Royal Tournament"

   Word Origin Middle English (in tournament (sense 2)): from Anglo-Norman French variants of Old French torneiement, from torneier ‘take part in a tourney’ (see tourney).

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