"bottleholder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bottleholders [plural]
Etymology: From bottle + holder, from the bottle of water they provided to the fighter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bottle|holder}} bottle + holder Head templates: {{en-noun}} bottleholder (plural bottleholders)
  1. (colloquial) A person who attends a boxer during a bout. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: bottleman
    Sense id: en-bottleholder-en-noun-giz8jc6w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. (colloquial, by extension) One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer. Tags: broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-bottleholder-en-noun-NnN2q6hV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bottle holder, bottle-holder

Inflected forms

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