"middleweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middleweights [plural]
Etymology: middle + weight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|middle|weight}} middle + weight Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} middleweight (countable and uncountable, plural middleweights)
  1. (uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-middleweight-en-noun-ySU3LfWd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 16 1 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 22 4 34
  2. (countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc Tags: countable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-middleweight-en-noun-KkElvMRD Disambiguation of People: 37 62 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 22 4 34
  3. (by extension) A class in between heavy and light. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-middleweight-en-noun-SidEc4Wl
  4. (countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior. Tags: broadly, countable Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-middleweight-en-noun-9hBs2rLV Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 22 4 34 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: middleweight spaceship

Inflected forms

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