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Definition of Tourney
1. Noun. A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
Generic synonyms: Competition, Contest
Specialized synonyms: World Cup, Elimination Tournament, Open, Round Robin
2. Verb. Engage in a tourney.
Definition of Tourney
1. n. A tournament.
2. v. i. To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Definition of Tourney
1. Noun. tournament ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To take part in a tournament. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tourney
1. to compete in a tournament [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tourney
Literary usage of Tourney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Chess Magazine (1888)
"In the Sheffield Independent tourney, in which the solvers adjudicated upon ...
A noteworthy feature of this tourney is that EJ Winter-Wood takes the first ..."
2. Chess World (1869)
"In each round of the tourney, the paired combatants shall play one game only,
... This tourney will be subject to the same regulations as the General ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"In battle-day,' the king replied, ' Nice tourney rules are set aside. — Still
must the rebel dare our wrath ? Set on him — Sweep him from our path ! ..."
4. The Chess Player's Chronicle (1882)
"The following are the principal conditions of this tourney, which is to extend
over the ... The conditions of the Leed» Mercury next problem tourney will be ..."
5. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"AFTER LORD MACAULAY THE LAUREATE'S tourney By the Hon. T— B — M. FYTTE THE
FIRST "~YT7"HAT news, what news, thou pilgrim \/V Srav, w^at news fr°m tne ..."
6. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"... How the tourney began at Winchester, and what knights were at the jousts; and
other things. So upon a day, on the morn, King Arthur and all his knights ..."
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