Dictionary
middleweight
Meaning
- A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
- A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
- A class in between heavy and light.
- An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
Etymology
From middle + weight.
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