Truel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A duel fought between three people.

    "To effect a yet more complex and challenging truel, we can void the simplification that each player knows his order of firing ab initio."

  2. 2
    A conflict between three contending groups or ideas. neologism

Example

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"To effect a yet more complex and challenging truel, we can void the simplification that each player knows his order of firing ab initio."

Etymology

Blend of tri- + duel.

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