2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  With  cruel  tournament  the  squadrons  join  --Milton. 
 
  Note:  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tournament 
  n  1:  a  sporting  competition  in  which  contestants  play  a  series  of 
  games  to  decide  the  winner  [syn:  {tourney}] 
  2:  a  series  of  jousts  between  knights  contesting  for  a  prize 

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