middleweight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
  2. A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
  3. A class in between heavy and light.
  4. An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.

Word forms

middleweight middleweights

Etymology

From middle + weight.

Derived words

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