Round robin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
  2. noun a letter signed by a number of people

WordNet

Definitions
  1. . Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon. (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. "No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch." De Quincey. (b) (Zoöl.) The cigar fish.

Webster 1913