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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pyoo-juh-list
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpyu dʒə lɪst


Définition of pugilist

Origin :
  • 1789, from Latin pugil "boxer, fist-fighter," related to pugnus "a fist" (see pugnacious) + -ist. Related: Pugilistic (1789); pugilistically. Pugil occasionally turns up in English as "boxer, fist-fighter" (from 1640s), but it has not caught on. Pugil stick (1962) was introduced by U.S. military as a substitute for rifles in bayonet drills.
  • noun boxer
  • noun fighter
Example sentences :
  • She had put on a blue bath-robe, and looked like a pugilist about to enter the ring.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • "I'm all ready," said Richard, throwing himself into the attitude of the pugilist.
  • Extract from : « In School and Out » by Oliver Optic
  • He set himself square like a pugilist, which was his notion of resistance.
  • Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • Perhaps a pugilist would have said that the younger "heeled" the other.
  • Extract from : « Footprints in the Forest » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • The muscularity, purchased by excessive nutriment, of the Bœotian pugilist.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV » by Aubrey Stewart
  • These are brave words and, as we should expect from so alert a pugilist, straight from the shoulder.
  • Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais
  • They had rendered the pugilist helpless while they were robbing him.
  • Extract from : « The Exploits of Juve » by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
  • He meant to ascertain what the relations were between the pugilist and the girl.
  • Extract from : « The Exploits of Juve » by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
  • A pugilist's manager would be of more use to him than a publisher now.
  • Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions
  • Toppy shook his head, like a pugilist clearing his wits after a knockdown.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen

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