"welter-weight" meaning in English

See welter-weight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: welterweight

Noun

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), peso welter (Galician), 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 34 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 29 33 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'boxer': 90 10
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 34 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 29 33 Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
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Synonyms: welterweight Coordinate_terms: lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Welterweight"
  ],
  "word": "welter-weight"
}

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