1 (AmE less frequent tourney) a sports competition involving a number of teams or players who take part in different games and must leave the competition if they lose. The competition continues until there is only the winner left:
a golf / squash / tennis tournament
2 a competition in the Middle Ages between soldiers on HORSEBACK fighting to show courage and skill:
a medieval jousting tournament
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