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tour⋅ney

  [toor-nee, tur-] noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a tournament.
–verb (used without object)
2. to contend or engage in a tournament.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) ME tourneyen < OF torneier < VL *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (n.) ME tourneie < OF tournei, deriv. of tourneier. See turn
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tour·ney   (tŏŏr'nē, tûr'-)   
intr.v.   tour·neyed, tour·ney·ing, tour·neys
To compete in a tournament.
n.   pl. tour·neys
A tournament.

[Middle English torneien, from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin *tornizāre, to turn around, from Latin tornāre, to turn in a lathe; see turn.]
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Word Origin & History

tourney  (v.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. tornei (c.1150), from torneier "to joust, tilt," lit. "turn around," from V.L. *tornizare, from L. tornare "to turn" (see turn). The noun also is attested from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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