welterweight

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: wel=ter=weight

CIDE DICTIONARY

welterweight, n. 

•  A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

welterweight, n.
1 a weight in certain sports intermediate between lightweight and middleweight, in the amateur boxing scale 63.5-67 kg but differing for professionals, wrestlers, and weightlifters.
2 a sportsman of this weight.

Idiom

junior welterweight
1 a weight in professional boxing of 61.2-63.5 kg.
2 a professional boxer of this weight.
light welterweight
1 a weight in amateur boxing of 60-63.5 kg.
2 an amateur boxer of this weight.

THESAURUS

welterweight

Chinese boxer, bantamweight, black belt, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, catchweight, featherweight, fighter, fisticuffer, flyweight, heavyweight, karate expert, light heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight, palooka, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, savate expert, sparrer