mêlée

Variant of melee

melee definition

me·lee or mêlée mê·lée′ (mā′lā′, mā lā′)

noun

  1. a noisy, confused fight or hand-to-hand struggle among a number of people
  2. a confused conflict or mixture

Etymology: Fr mêlée < OFr meslee: see medley

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