Tourney

//ˈtɝni// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tournament.

    "By a knight of ghostes & shadowes, I sumon’d am to Tourney. ten leagues beyond the wide worlds end"

  2. 2
    a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To take part in a tournament. archaic

    "Here indeed, perhaps, by rule of antagonisms, may be the place to mention that, after King Richard’s return, there was a liberty of tourneying given to the fighting men of England […]"

  2. 2
    engage in a tourney wordnet

Synonyms

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tournamentbattleboutboxbrawlbroil

Example

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"By a knight of ghostes & shadowes, I sumon’d am to Tourney. ten leagues beyond the wide worlds end"

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”).

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