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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun boxer has 4 senses
- boxer(n = noun.person) pugilist - someone who fights with his fists for sport; Array has particulars: bantamweight, slogger, slugger, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, junior featherweight, junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior welterweight, light flyweight, light heavyweight, light middleweight, lightweight, light welterweight, middleweight, gladiator, prizefighter, puncher, sparring mate, sparring partner, palooka, stumblebum, super heavyweight, welterweight
- boxer(n = noun.person) bagger, packer - a workman employed to pack things into containers; Array is a kind of working man, working person, workingman, workman
- boxer(n = noun.person) Array - a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China; Array is a kind of chinese
- boxer(n = noun.animal) Array - a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany; Array is a kind of working dog
is a kind of battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper
Derived forms verb box3, verb box2
Derived form verb box1
CIDE DICTIONARY
boxer, n.
One who packs boxes. [1913 Webster]
boxer, n.
One who boxes; a pugilist. [1913 Webster]
boxer, n.
A breed of dog. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
boxer, n. hist. a member of a fiercely nationalistic Chinese secret society that flourished in the 19th c.
Etymology
transl. of Chin. i ho chuan, lit. 'righteous harmony fists'
boxer, n.
1 a person who practises boxing, esp. for sport.
2 a a medium-size dog of a breed with a smooth brown coat and puglike face. b this breed.
1 a person who practises boxing, esp. for sport.
2 a a medium-size dog of a breed with a smooth brown coat and puglike face. b this breed.
Idiom
boxer shorts men's underpants similar to shorts worn in boxing, with a shallow curved slit at each side.
THESAURUS
boxer
Chinese boxer, bantamweight, black belt, brown belt, bruiser, featherweight, fighter, fisticuffer, flyweight, heavyweight, karate expert, light heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight, palooka, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, savate expert, sparrer, welterweightROGET THESAURUS
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Combatant
N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.
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