tourney

[too r-nee, tur-]

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noun, plural tour·neys.

a tournament.

verb (used without object), tour·neyed, tour·ney·ing.

to contend or engage in a tournament.

Origin of tourney

1300–50; (v.) Middle English tourneyen < Old French torneier < Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun) Middle English tourneie < Old French tournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn

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Contemporary Examples of tourney

The U.S. will need more offensive firepower to make a deep run in the tourney.
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While fans of snubbed teams will be furious, or dispirited, or both, Wellman will crush in the aftermath of Tourney selection.
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March 16, 2014
The Cougars pour in 84.2 points per game, more than any other team in the tourney.
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They became just the seventh 15 seed in tourney history to win their first-round matchup.
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March 25, 2013

Historical Examples of tourney

It is hard to quit Paradise for even such a tourney as we have before us.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
On the following days the ceremony was prolonged by tilt and tourney.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa
Paul Barron Watson
Was the tourney just; were the weapons equal; was it, after all, a fair fight?
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
I am all too flummoxed by the masquerade in the tourney round about me.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
D. H. Lawrence
Then he put on his armour and rode forth to the place of the tourney.
The Red Romance Book
Various

British Dictionary definitions for tourney

tourney

noun

a knightly tournament

verb

(intr) to engage in a tourney

Derived Formstourneyer, noun

Word Origin for tourney

C13: from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament

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Word Origin and History for tourney

c.1300, from Old French tornei (mid-12c.), from torneier "to joust, tilt," literally "turn around," from Vulgar Latin *tornizare, from Latin tornare "to turn" (see turn (v.)). The noun also is attested from c.1300.