Word: Boxer
How to pronounce: ˈbɒksə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A person who takes part in boxing, especially as a sport.
Example sentences: "The highways of boxing are littered with boxers who try to re invent themselves only to end up as road kill."
2. A medium-sized dog of a breed with a smooth brown coat and a broad squarish muzzle.
Example sentences: "I have the utmost respect for boxers, a breed who put their lives on the line each time they compete."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A member of a fiercely nationalistic Chinese secret society that flourished in the 19th century. In 1899 the society led a Chinese uprising (the Boxer Rebellion) against Western domination that was eventually crushed by a combined European force, aided by Japan and the US.
Example sentences: "Toward the end of the nineteenth century the Boxers, a secret society, emerged in Shantung and blamed China's problems on foreigners, especially the missionaries who had ventured out of the treaty ports and into the Chinese interior."
Synonyms:
prizefighter
pugilist
fighter
prize fighter
Derivations:
boxing
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Boxer in Other Languages...
Spanish: Boxeador
German: Boxer
French: Boxeur
Italian: Boxer
Turkish: Boksör
