cruiserweight

[kroo-zer-weyt]

noun British.

a light-heavyweight boxer.

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

noun

boxing another term (esp Brit) for light heavyweight

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