tournament : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tournament	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tournament
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tournament n a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner Synonym(s): tournament, tourney a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tournament \Tour"nament\, 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. [bd]In battle and in tourneyment.[b8] --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.