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featherweights

featherweights is the plural of featherweight.

Meaning of featherweight

Noun

featherweight (plural featherweights)

  1. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
    • Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.2024 November 4, Jamie Gardner, “Mandatory genetic testing in sport ‘not justified, ethical or viable’, say academics”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2025
  2. A sportsman who fights in this division.
    • Watson specializes in adiposeness; none of his chorus beauties may be considered featherweights.1923 November 14, Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, 5/3
  3. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.

Questions about featherweights

What is featherweights the plural of?
Featherweights is the plural of featherweight.

Words near featherweights in the dictionary

  1. feathertail glider
  2. feathertail gliders
  3. feathertails
  4. featherweed
  5. featherweight
  6. featherweights
  7. featherwing
  8. featherwings
  9. featherwise
  10. featherwood
  11. featherwoods

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