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# {{label|en|of a person}} Having a [[large]], [[solid]], [[imposing]] bodily appearance; [[overweight]]. |
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#* '''1989''', "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957279,00.html One Bear Of a Soviet Politician]," ''Time'', 20 Mar., |
#* '''1989''', "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957279,00.html One Bear Of a Soviet Politician]," ''Time'', 20 Mar., |
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#*: 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. |
#*: 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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Revision as of 16:01, 18 January 2016
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)
- (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
- 1989, "One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time, 20 Mar.,
- 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.
- 1989, "One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time, 20 Mar.,
Usage notes
- Heavyset suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.