Middleweight
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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 uncountable
- 2 a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds wordnet
- 3 A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc countable
- 4 a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds wordnet
- 5 A class in between heavy and light. broadly, countable, uncountable
"This would give the U.S. Army five parachute-capable brigades, or two "middleweight" infantry brigades, or six light infantry brigades, or six airmobile brigades in only two multicapable divisions."
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- 6 an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds wordnet
- 7 An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior. broadly, countable
"And it's interesting because in a way they're much more of a design company, and they've got their juniors and their seniors and their middleweights and all this stuff."
Example
More examples"This would give the U.S. Army five parachute-capable brigades, or two "middleweight" infantry brigades, or six light infantry brigades, or six airmobile brigades in only two multicapable divisions."
Etymology
From middle + weight.
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