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middleweight

noun

Meaning

  1. A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
  2. A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
  3. (by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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