noun (n)

• a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  tourney
  

  source: wordnet30
• a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize(noun.event)

  source: wordnet30
• A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.(noun)

  source: webster1913