Meanings
adjectivewelter-weight (not comparable)
alternative welterweight
- not comparableboxingbetween lightweight and middleweight
nounwelter-weight (plural welter-weights)
plural welter-weights · alternative welterweight
- boxingA boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class.
Origin
Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pes wèlter
- pes wèlterboxer
Finnish välisarja
- välisarjaboxer
French poids welter
- poids welterboxer
German Weltergewicht
- Weltergewichtboxer
Italian peso welter
- peso welterboxer
Polish półśredni, waga półśrednia
- półśrednibetween lightweight and middleweight
- waga półśredniaboxer
Spanish peso wélter
- peso wélterboxer
Swedish welterviktare
- welterviktareboxer
Cite this entry
APA
welter-weight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welter-weight
MLA
“welter-weight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welter-weight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “welter-weight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welter-weight.
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