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noun
A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A class in between heavy and light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable
Topics: business
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noun
a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: prizefighter, gladiator
noun
a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wrestler, grappler, matman
noun
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: boxer, pugilist
History
From middle + weight.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
