turney

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proper noun

A surname from Norman.

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Meanings

turney1

nounturney (plural turneys)

plural turneys

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of tourney.

    What Tilts and Turneys at the Feast were seen

    1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC
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    Amongst the which they told , as then befell , Of that great turney which was blazed brode

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    great bards beside In sage and folemn tunes have sung , Of turney's and of trophies hung

    1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Il Pensoroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC
verbturney (third-person singular simple present turneys, present participle turneying, simple past and past participle turneyed)

present singular third person turneys · participle present turneying · participle past turneyed · past turneyed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of tourney.

Turney2

proper nounTurney (countable and uncountable, plural Turneys)

plural Turneys

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Norman.
  2. countableuncountableA village in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.

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APA

turney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turney

MLA

“turney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turney.

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