'Tournament' definitions:
Definition of 'tournament'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner [syn: tournament, tourney]
noun
A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
Definition of 'Tournament'
From: GCIDE
- Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- With cruel tournament the squadrons join. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tournament'
From: Moby Thesaurus