The plural of "battle royal"

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So, which is it?

  • Battle royals

  • Battles royal

  • Battles royals


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I've never been able to get a straight answer to this. All three answers have their benefits and drawbacks:
  • Battle royals is the natural way of saying it, interpreting "battle royal" as a single two-word noun. For some reason, though, this feels wrong to me.
  • Battles royal assumes "royal" is an adjective and modifies the noun "battle". Notably, this is the way Wikipedia claims the correct pluralisation is. It might confuse people though.
  • Battles royals is a sort of compromise that's derived from interpreting it as a foreign language phrase (from the alternative spelling used outside of wrestling, "battle royale"). "Battles royals" would result from a language that has adjective-noun agreement. This feels the least natural in my opinion.
I decided to throw this open to the forum - which is the definitive correct spelling? (The result of the poll will be canon)
 

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Battle Royals.

When it became a match type it became a noun so it follows noun plural rules
 
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Never the last one.
 
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I'd say the plural is the same as the singular.
 

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I believe its Battle Royals

or Battles Royale

if you use the Royale spelling
 

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Battle royals
 

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Using English rules Battle Royals would be the proper way of saying it. Battles Royals is an abomination of God