cruiserweight

[ kroo-zer-weyt ]

/ ˈkru zərˌweɪt /

noun British.

a light-heavyweight boxer.

Nearby words

cruise, cruise control, cruise missile, cruise ship, cruiser, cruiserweight, cruiseway, cruising radius, cruizie, cruller, crumb

Origin of cruiserweight

First recorded in 1915–20; so called by metaphor, since a cruiser is the second heaviest naval ship

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British Dictionary definitions for cruiserweight

cruiserweight

/ (ˈkruːzəˌweɪt) /

noun

boxing another term (esp Brit) for light heavyweight

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