bottleholder en · NOUN
Etymology
From bottle (“from the bottle of water that is provided to the fighter”) + holder
Meanings
- (colloquial) A person who attends a boxer during a bout.
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(broadly, colloquial) One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.
he has called me the bottle-holder of my right honourable friend
October 17, 1796, John Philpot Curran, speech on Catholic Emancipation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bottleholders | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bottle-holder | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bottle holder | alternative | lexicographic |