Definition of Featherweight

1. Noun. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds.

Generic synonyms: Boxer, Pugilist

2. Noun. Weighs 126-139 pounds.
Generic synonyms: Grappler, Matman, Wrestler

3. Noun. A professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds.
Generic synonyms: Gladiator, Prizefighter

Definition of Featherweight

1. Noun. A weight division in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57 kilograms. ¹

2. Noun. A boxer who fights in this division. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Featherweight

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Featherweight

featherless biped
featherlessness
featherlight
featherlike
featherly
feathermaker
feathermakers
feathers
featherstitch
featherstitched
featherstitches
feathertail
feathertails
feathertop
featherweight
featherweights
featherwood
featherwoods
featherwork
featherworks
feathery
feating
featlier
featliest
featly
featness
featous
feats
featuous

Literary usage of Featherweight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Concrete Houses, how They Were Built: Articles Descriptive of Various Types edited by Harvey Whipple (1920)
"Featherweight Units for Houses' The Sawyer unit system of construction is being ... This system of small, thin, featherweight units, locking together in the ..."

2. The Book of Specimens by Stanhope press, Boston (1905)
"Featherweight DECKLE EDGE WOVE Stock. New cotton rags are usually employed. Advantages. The finish of the paper is almost identical on the two sides of the ..."

3. The Temperance Tales by Lucius Manlius Sargent (1856)
"Mr. Featherweight was undoubtedly indebted, not a little, to his personal appearance ... When the Reverend Philander Featherweight walked across our common, ..."

4. Muhammad Ali & Company by Thomas Hauser (1998)
"1937, Armstrong captured the featherweight crown with a sixth- round ... For one glorious moment, before relinquishing the featherweight title, ..."

5. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1903)
"ni", cloth decorative, gilt top, featherweight paper, illustrated, $r.6o net. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF GREAT MUSICIANS. By RUPERT HUGHES, author of "Contemporary ..."

6. Lockwood's Directory of the Paper and Allied Trades by Harry Dyer, Sophie M. Wolert, Vance Publishing Corporation (1905)
"Featherweight—(b)—bond and linen—JC BLAIR CO., Huntingdon, Pa. Featherweight—(b)—cover—JAS. ... Featherweight FOLIO—(b)—BRADNER SMITH & CO., Chicago. ..."

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