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Tourney

Tourney Meaning & Definition
Tourney Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tourney?

[n] a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
[v] engage in a tourney

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tourney: tournament

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tourney:

See Also | competition | contest | elimination tournament | fight | open | round robin | struggle

Tourney In Webster's Dictionary

\Tour"ney\, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.] A tournament. --Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson.
\Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ] To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.

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