English dictionary
boxer
/'b/A/ks/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
-
someone who fights with his fists for sport
Synonyms pugilistSource: WordNet 3.0
-
a workman employed to pack things into containers
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
Source: WordNet 3.0
-
One who packs boxes.
Source: webster1913
-
One who boxes; a pugilist.
Source: webster1913
-
A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as "League of United Patriots" and "Great Knife [or Sword] Society," have been given as the Chinese name of the organization; why the members were called <i>Boxers</i> is uncertain.
Source: webster1913