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feath⋅er⋅weight

  [feth-er-weyt]
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–noun
1. a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, esp. a professional boxer weighing up to 126 lb. (57 kg).
2. an insignificant person or thing: He thinks he's a major composer, but he's just a featherweight.
–adjective
3. belonging to the class of featherweights, esp. in boxing.
4. extremely light in weight: a featherweight quilt.
5. unimportant; trifling; slight.
Origin:
1805–15; feather + weight
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feath·er·weight   (fěth'ər-wāt')   
n.  

    1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 126 pounds (56.7 kilograms), between junior featherweight and junior lightweight.

    2. A boxer competing in this weight division.

    3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.

    4. A contestant in this weight division.

  2. A person or thing of little weight or size.

  3. An insignificant person: a political featherweight.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to featherweights.

  2. Unimportant; trivial: featherweight political issues.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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