"battle royal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Preserves the French pattern of adjective after noun. Royal here means “grand in scale”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "battles royal",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "battle royals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle-royal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle-royale",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle royale",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 17:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 278:",
          "text": "Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "faction",
          "faction"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heated discussion or debate."
      ],
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        [
          "heated",
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        [
          "discussion",
          "discussion"
        ],
        [
          "debate",
          "debate"
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/"
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  "etymology_text": "Preserves the French pattern of adjective after noun. Royal here means “grand in scale”.",
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    {
      "form": "battles royal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle royals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle-royal",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle-royale",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battle royale",
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        "alternative"
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        {
          "ref": "1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 17:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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          "text": "Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing."
      ],
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        [
          "individual",
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        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "faction",
          "faction"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "debate",
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