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See also: heavy-set

From heavy +‎ set.

heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)

(of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight; obese.
- 1989 March 20, “One Bear Of a Soviet Politician”, in Time:
  No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.

Heavyset suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.

corpulent, and sometimes with a squat appearance

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-# {{lb|en|of a person}} Having a [[large]], [[solid]], [[imposing]] bodily appearance; [[overweight]].
+# {{lb|en|of a person}} Having a [[large]], [[solid]], [[imposing]] bodily appearance; [[overweight]]; [[obese]].
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 |passage=No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a '''heavyset''', 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.}}
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