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boxer

/ˈbɒksə/ noun

In Latin: pugil Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about boxer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Someone who fights with his fists for sport.
  2. A workman employed to pack things into containers.
  3. A member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China.

Origin

From box + -er.

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