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battle royal
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Battle royal (plural battles royal ) traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. In recent times, the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing. 2 A heated discussion or debate n. 1 A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich , and cf. regal , real a coin, Rial .] Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a noisy riotous fight [syn: melee , scrimmage ]
Usage examples of battle royal.
Some while agotime runs out of kilter in your country, but it was about the season when Angavar High King traded places with one of your kings for a year and a day, and the two of them became friendssome while ago, I was challenged to a game of Kings-and-Queens, or Battle Royal, as it is sometimes known.
The row brought the Emperor's sentries, and all at once there was a battle royal, with more Holnups arriving - we heard it all, but in the dark there was nothing to be done.
It's going to cause a battle royal, this time mother against son, a fight to the death with no rules and we all know she's a hellcat when aroused--worse than my Cat--though young Malcolm's changed, tougher than I've ever seen him, more determined than he's ever been.
So by the time the entire populace was able to express their opinion on whether they wanted a constitutional monarchy, they all knew that their prospective Queen had been waging a battle royal to have herself referred to as 'Your Mousety.
Of the mercenaries he had brought down from the north, some had fallen dead or wounded in Italy, far more had fallen in Sicily, and most of those who remained had, with his assent, been speedily hired on by various of his Italian allies, this in preparation for the soon-to-be-commenced battle royal for chunks of Sicily.