battle royal
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See also: battle-royal
English[編集]
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Etymology[編集]
Preserves the French pattern of adjective after noun. Royal here means “grand in scale”.[1][2]
Pronunciation[編集]
Noun[編集]
battle royal (plural battles royal or battle royals)
- A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 17:
- I was told that since I was to be there anyway I might as well take part in the battle royal to be fought by some of my schoolmates as part of the entertainment.
- A heated discussion or debate.
References[編集]
- ^ “battle royal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “royal (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.