Meanings
plural featherweights
- 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 - 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 - The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian перо
- перо (pero)weight division
Catalan pes ploma
- pes plomaweight division
Finnish höyhensarjalainen, höyhensarja
- höyhensarjalainensportsman
- höyhensarjaweight division
French poids plume, poids plume
- poids plumesportsman
- poids plumeweight division
German Federgewichtler, Federgewicht
- Federgewichtlersportsman
- Federgewichtsportsman
- Federgewichtweight division
Hungarian pehelysúlyú versenyző, pehelysúly
- pehelysúlyú versenyzősportsman
- pehelysúlyweight division
Polish waga piórkowa
- waga piórkowaweight division
Portuguese peso-pena, peso-pena
- peso-penasportsman
- peso-penaweight division
Romanian categorie pană
- categorie panăweight division
Swedish fjädervikt
- fjäderviktweight division
Cite this entry
featherweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherweight
“featherweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherweight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “featherweight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherweight.
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