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bottleholder

noun

Etymology

From bottle (“from the bottle of water that is provided to the fighter”) + holder

Definitions

  1. A person who attends a boxer during a bout.

  2. One who assists or supports another in a contest

    One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.

    • he has called me the bottle-holder of my right honourable friend

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA