"welter-weight" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|welter|weight|t1=heavyweight horseman}} welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} welter-weight (not comparable)
  1. (boxing) between lightweight and middleweight Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Boxing
    Sense id: en-welter-weight-en-adj-9IzotwAp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 36 39 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: welterweight

Noun [English]

Forms: welter-weights [plural]
Etymology: Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|welter|weight|t1=heavyweight horseman}} welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight Head templates: {{en-noun}} welter-weight (plural welter-weights)
  1. (boxing) a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class Categories (topical): Boxing Translations (boxer): pes wèlter [masculine] (Catalan), välisarja (Finnish), poids welter (French), Weltergewicht [neuter] (German), peso welter (Italian), peso wélter (Spanish), welterviktare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-welter-weight-en-noun-wc-JpwfC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 36 39 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'boxer': 89 11
  2. (horse racing) A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-welter-weight-en-noun-nlMccKg4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 36 39 Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: welterweight Coordinate_terms: lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight

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