Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One of above average weight.
- n. The heaviest weight division in professional boxing, having no upper limit, with contestants usually weighing more than 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms).
- n. A boxer competing in this weight division.
- n. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
- n. A contestant in this weight division.
- n. Informal A person of great importance or influence.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A person whose weight exceeds the average; specifically, a boxer or other contestant whose weight places him in the highest of the four grades or classes of contestants recognized by sporting men, the others being middle-weight, light-weight, and feather-weight.
- n. A person of weight or importance; one of much influence.
Wiktionary
- n. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
- n. The professional boxing weight division for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
- n. A similar division and contestant in other sports.
- adj. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- adj. Being relatively heavy.
- adj. Being a leader in one's field.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.
- adj. heaviest in a category.
- n. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.
- n. a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds.
- n. a very large person.
- n. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds
- n. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- n. a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- n. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds
- n. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds
Examples
“We lay out four contrasting approaches to development project organization and focus particular attention on what we call heavyweight project teams.”
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“Dereck Chisora and his promoter Frank Warren claim the unbeaten London heavyweight is fighting the two-belt world champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany on 11 December for the same money David Haye rejected.”
The Guardian: Dereck Chisora delighted with three-fight deal for Klitschkos' titles
“Both parties drafted in heavyweight lawyers in their battle to win what will become a test case for family law.”
The Guardian: Landmark ruling for prenups in battle of multimillionaire heiress and her ex
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“The ranking also only looks at investors originally formed in Europe, so long-term heavyweight investors, such as fund-of-funds managers HarbourVest and Adams Street, family office Auda, and Canadian pension funds Ontario Teachers and Canada Pension Plan missed out.”
“The Sydney gold medalist in heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling beat Lithuania's Mindaugas Mizgaitis 3-0.”
“Gardner, who recently won the Olympic gold medal in heavyweight wrestling, can have the job.”
“He has been a long-term heavyweight on Colombia's political scene who has served as a cabinet minister under three presidents, including Cesar Gaviria and Andres”
“Brother Bret was then entrenched in the WWF as half of the Hart Foundation (along with Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart); Bret was a star, but certainly nobody would have predicted his future as a longterm heavyweight champion, as he was several inches too short and several degrees too plain next to the likes of Hulk”
“David and I both know that this fight with Ruiz is a massive banana skin in David's plans of becoming a long-term heavyweight champion and unifying the titles," Booth said.”
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