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bottleholder

bottleholder noun: a person who attends a boxer during a bout.

Noun

bottleholder (plural bottleholders)

  1. (colloquial) A person who attends a boxer during a bout.
    Synonyms:
    bottleman
  2. (broadly, colloquial) One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.
    • he has called me the bottle-holder of my right honourable friendOctober 17, 1796, John Philpot Curran, speech on Catholic Emancipation

Synonyms of bottleholder

Forms of bottleholder

pluralbottleholders
alternative formbottle holder
alternative formbottle-holder

Origin of bottleholder

From bottle (“from the bottle of water that is provided to the fighter”) + holder

Questions about bottleholder

What does bottleholder mean?
Bottleholder means a person who attends a boxer during a bout.
What part of speech is bottleholder?
Bottleholder is a noun.
What is the plural of bottleholder?
The plural of bottleholder is bottleholders.

Words near bottleholder in the dictionary

  1. bottlefuls
  2. Bottlegate
  3. bottleham
  4. bottlehead
  5. bottleheads
  6. bottleholder
  7. bottleholders
  8. bottlejob
  9. bottlejobs
  10. bottlelight
  11. bottlelike

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