weight man

noun

: an athlete who competes in any of the field events in which a weight is thrown or put

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Is there a difference between how much weight men lose on these drugs and women lose on them? Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 July 2024 Cardio doesn’t elevate T levels as much in normal-weight men, says Jesse Mills, M.D., the director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA. Kevin Dupzyk, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023 While overweight men had a similar lifespan to normal-weight men, obese men lived 1.9 fewer years, and extremely obese men died six years sooner. Lisa Rapaport, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weight man was circa 1949

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“Weight man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weight%20man. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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