Joust Definition

joust, jŭst, jo͝ost

jousted, jousting, jousts, justs

noun

jousts

A combat or contest with lances, as between two medieval knights on horseback; esp., such a formal combat as part of a tournament.

Webster's New World

A tournament.

Webster's New World

A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances.

A politician who relishes a joust with reporters.

American Heritage

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verb

jousted, jousting, jousts

To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.

American Heritage

To engage in a joust.

Webster's New World

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

Wiktionary

Origin of Joust

Middle English from Old French juste from juster to joust from Vulgar Latin iūxtāre to be next to from Latin iūxtā close by yeug- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English < Old French jouster (modern French: jouter), from late popular Latin juxtō (Classical iuxtō), from iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.

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