name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
boxer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɒksə/
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US: bäksʹər
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US: /ˈbɑksɚ/
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rhymes with -ɒksə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 K S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
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noun
Meaning 4
The person running a game of two-up.
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noun
Meaning 5
One who packs boxes.
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noun
Meaning 6
A letterboxer.
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noun
Meaning 7
Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).
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Usage: attributive, form-of
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noun
Meaning 8
A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
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noun
Meaning 9
A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 10
a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: working dog
noun
Meaning 11
someone who fights with his fists for sport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pugilist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
Narrower terms: bantamweight, slugger, slogger, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, junior featherweight, junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior welterweight, light flyweight, light heavyweight, light middleweight, lightweight, light welterweight, middleweight, prizefighter, gladiator, puncher, sparring partner, sparring mate, stumblebum, palooka, super heavyweight, welterweight
noun
Meaning 12
a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Chinese
noun
Meaning 13
a workman employed to pack things into containers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: packer, bagger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
History
Etymology
Named Boxers by the West, since their official title was "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (義和拳 /义和拳 (Yìhéquán)) and their symbol was a clenched fist.
From box + -er.
Borrowed from German Boxer, from boxen (“to box (strike with the fists)”) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُلَاكِم (mulākim) — participant in a boxing match
- Basque: boxeolari — participant in a boxing match
- Bulgarian: боксьор (boksjor) — participant in a boxing match
- Catalan: boxador — participant in a boxing match
- Catalan: boxejador — participant in a boxing match
- Chinese Mandarin: 拳擊手 /拳击手 (quánjīshǒu) — participant in a boxing match
- Chinese Mandarin: 拳師 /拳师 (quánshī) — participant in a boxing match
- Chinese Mandarin: 拳手 (quánshǒu) — participant in a boxing match
- Czech: boxer — participant in a boxing match
- Danish: bokser — participant in a boxing match
- Dutch: bokser — participant in a boxing match
- Dutch: vuistvechter — participant in a boxing match
- Dutch: pugilist — participant in a boxing match
- Faroese: nevaleikari — participant in a boxing match
- Faroese: boksari — participant in a boxing match
- Finnish: nyrkkeilijä — participant in a boxing match
- French: boxeur — participant in a boxing match
- Galician: boxeador — participant in a boxing match
- Galician: boxeadora — participant in a boxing match
- Georgian: მოკრივე (moḳrive) — participant in a boxing match
- German: Boxer — participant in a boxing match
- German: Boxerin — participant in a boxing match
- Greek: πυγμάχος (pygmáchos) — participant in a boxing match
- Greek: μποξέρ (boxér) — participant in a boxing match
- Ancient Greek: πύκτης (púktēs) — participant in a boxing match
- Hebrew: מִתְאַגְרֵף (mitagref) — participant in a boxing match
- Hebrew: מתאגרפת (mitagrefet) — participant in a boxing match
- Hungarian: bokszoló — participant in a boxing match
- Hungarian: ökölvívó — participant in a boxing match
- Icelandic: boxari — participant in a boxing match
- Icelandic: hnefaleikari — participant in a boxing match
- Ido: boxero — participant in a boxing match
- Ido: boxisto — participant in a boxing match
- Indonesian: bokser — participant in a boxing match
- Indonesian: petinju — participant in a boxing match
- Irish: dornálaí — participant in a boxing match
- Irish: bacsálaí — participant in a boxing match
- Italian: pugile — participant in a boxing match
- Italian: boxeur — participant in a boxing match
- Japanese: ボクサー (bokusā) — participant in a boxing match
- Japanese: 拳闘家 (kentōka) — participant in a boxing match
- Kazakh: боксшы (boksşy) — participant in a boxing match
- Korean: 복서 (bokseo) — participant in a boxing match
- Korean: 권투 선수 (gwontu seonsu) — participant in a boxing match
- Korean: 복싱 선수 (boksing seonsu) — participant in a boxing match
- Latin: pugil — participant in a boxing match
- Malay: peninju — participant in a boxing match
- Malay: ahli tinju — participant in a boxing match
- Māori: kaimotomoto — participant in a boxing match
- Marathi: बॉक्सर (bŏksar) — participant in a boxing match
- Norwegian Bokmål: bokser — participant in a boxing match
- Norwegian Nynorsk: boksar — participant in a boxing match
- Old English: bēatere — participant in a boxing match
- Persian: بوکسور (boksor) — participant in a boxing match
- Polish: bokser — participant in a boxing match
- Polish: bokserka — participant in a boxing match
- Polish: pięściarz — participant in a boxing match
- Polish: pięściarka — participant in a boxing match
- Portuguese: boxeador — participant in a boxing match
- Portuguese: boxeadora — participant in a boxing match
- Portuguese: pugilista — participant in a boxing match
- Romanian: boxer — participant in a boxing match
- Romanian: boxeră — participant in a boxing match
- Russian: боксёр (boksjór) — participant in a boxing match
- Spanish: boxeador — participant in a boxing match
- Spanish: boxeadora — participant in a boxing match
- Swahili: bondia — participant in a boxing match
- Swedish: boxare — participant in a boxing match
- Thai: นักมวย (nák-muai) — participant in a boxing match
- Turkish: boksör — participant in a boxing match
- Ukrainian: боксе́р (boksér) — participant in a boxing match
- Ukrainian: боксе́рka (boksérka) — participant in a boxing match
- Welsh: paffiwr — participant in a boxing match
- Welsh: bocsiwr — participant in a boxing match
- Bulgarian: боксер (bokser) — breed of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 拳師犬 /拳师犬 (quánshīquǎn) — breed of dog
- Czech: boxer — breed of dog
- Dutch: boxer — breed of dog
- Esperanto: boksero — breed of dog
- Faroese: boxari — breed of dog
- Finnish: bokseri — breed of dog
- French: boxer — breed of dog
- Galician: bóxer — breed of dog
- Georgian: ბოქსიორი (boksiori) — breed of dog
- Georgian: გერმანელი ბოქსიორი (germaneli boksiori) — breed of dog
- German: Boxer — breed of dog
- Greek: μπόξερ (bóxer) — breed of dog
- Hebrew: בּוֹקְסֶר (boqser) — breed of dog
- Hungarian: bokszer — breed of dog
- Icelandic: boxer — breed of dog
- Icelandic: böggur — breed of dog
- Indonesian: bokser — breed of dog
- Irish: bocsaeir — breed of dog
- Italian: boxer — breed of dog
- Japanese: ボクサー (bokusā) — breed of dog
- Korean: 복서 (bokseo) — breed of dog
- Malay: anjing boxer — breed of dog
- Marathi: बॉक्सर (bŏksar) — breed of dog
- Norwegian Bokmål: boxer — breed of dog
- Norwegian Bokmål: bokser — breed of dog
- Norwegian Nynorsk: boksar — breed of dog
- Polish: bokser — breed of dog
- Portuguese: boxer — breed of dog
- Romanian: boxer — breed of dog
- Russian: боксёр (boksjór) — breed of dog
- Spanish: bóxer — breed of dog
- Arabic: مُلَاكَم (mulākam) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Arabic: مُلَاكَمَة (mulākama) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Chinese Cantonese: 義和團 /义和团 (ji6 wo4 tyun4) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Chinese Mandarin: 義和團 /义和团 (Yìhétuán) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Finnish: boksari — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Japanese: 義和団 (Giwadan) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Korean: 의화단 (Uihwadan) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Russian: ихэтуа́нь (ixɛtuánʹ) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Russian: боксёр (boksjór) — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Spanish: bóxer — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
- Vietnamese: Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn — participant in the Boxer Rebellion
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