boxer
see also: Boxer
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈbɒksə/
  • (America) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA: /ˈbɑːksɚ/
Noun

boxer (plural boxers)

  1. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
    You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
  2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
  3. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  4. The person running a game of two-up.
  5. One who packs boxes.
    • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn (page 385)
      They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]
  6. A letterboxer.
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Boxer
Noun

boxer (plural boxers)

  1. (historical) A Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel of the early 1900s.
Translations
  • Russian: ихэтуа́нь
  • Spanish: bóxer



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