pugilist

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• UK: /ˈpjuː.d͡ʒɪlɪst/
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• General-American: /ˈpju(ː).d͡ʒəlɪst/
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From Latin pugil (“boxer”) + -ist, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare contemporary pugilism (“boxing”) (1791).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُلَاكِم (mulākim) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Basque: boxeolari — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Bulgarian: боксьор (boksjor) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Catalan: boxador — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Catalan: boxejador — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳擊手 /拳击手 (quánjīshǒu) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳師 /拳师 (quánshī) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳手 (quánshǒu) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Czech: boxer — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Dutch: bokser — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Dutch: vuistvechter — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Dutch: pugilist — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Faroese: nevaleikari — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Finnish: nyrkkeilijä — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• French: boxeur — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Galician: boxeador — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Galician: boxeadora — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• German: Boxer — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• German: Boxerin — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Greek: πυγμάχος (pygmáchos) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Greek: μποξέρ (boxér) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Ancient Greek: πύκτης (púktēs) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Hebrew: מִתְאַגְרֵף (mitagref) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Hebrew: מתאגרפת (mitagrefet) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Hungarian: bokszoló — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Hungarian: ökölvívó — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Icelandic: boxari — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Icelandic: hnefaleikari — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Ido: boxero — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Ido: boxisto — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Irish: dornálaí — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Irish: bacsálaí — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Italian: pugile — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Italian: boxeur — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Japanese: ボクサー (bokusā) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Japanese: 拳闘家 (kentōka) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Kazakh: боксшы (boksşy) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Korean: 복서 (bokseo) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Latin: pugil — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Malay: peninju — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Malay: ahli tinju — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Māori: kaimotomoto — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Norwegian Bokmål: bokser — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Norwegian Nynorsk: boksar — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Old English: bēatere — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Persian: بوکسور (boksor) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Polish: bokser — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Polish: bokserka — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Polish: pięściarz — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Polish: pięściarka — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Portuguese: boxeador — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Portuguese: boxeadora — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Portuguese: pugilista — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Romanian: boxer — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Romanian: boxeră — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Russian: боксёр (boksjór) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Spanish: pugilista — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Spanish: púgil — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Swahili: bondia — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Thai: นักมวย (nák-muai) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Turkish: boksör — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Ukrainian: боксе́р (boksér) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Ukrainian: боксе́рka (boksérka) — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Welsh: paffiwr — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer
• Welsh: bocsiwr — one who fights with their fists — see also boxer