Welter-weight Definition

adjective

(boxing) Between lightweight and middleweight.

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noun

(boxing) A boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class.

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Other Word Forms of Welter-weight

Noun

Singular:
welter-weight
Plural:
welter-weights

Origin of Welter-weight

  • Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) +‎ weight. Boxing sense 1896.

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