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Definition of Battle royal
1. Noun. A noisy riotous fight.
Definition of Battle royal
1. Noun. A fight involving three or more people, fought until one person (or sometimes team or faction) is left standing. ¹
2. Noun. A heated discussion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Royal
Literary usage of Battle royal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand, William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"battle royal.—See Cock-Fighting. Bawdry..—Wallis, in his essays on the Privileges
of the University of Oxford," printed in "Collectanea Curiosa," notices ..."
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