noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who attends a boxer during a bout. colloquial
2. 2
   One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer. broadly, colloquial

   "he has called me the bottle-holder of my right honourable friend"

Synonyms

All synonyms

bottleman

Example

More examples

"he has called me the bottle-holder of my right honourable friend"

Etymology

From bottle + holder, from the bottle of water they provided to the fighter.

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