Synonyms for boxer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bok-ser

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒk sər

Définition of boxer

Origin : "fighter," late 15c., agent noun from box (v.2). The name of the breed of dog (1934), is from German (the breed originated in Germany), itself taken from English boxer "fighter;" the dog so called for its pugnaciousness. Boxer shorts (1943) so called from their resemblance to the attire worn in the ring.

noun prizefighter

Example sentences :

Mrs. Boxer sobbed, and before she had recovered, the lawyer entered.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Parker found him no boxer, and beat a tattoo upon his middle.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

From what I could see of him he was no boxer at all, but just a formidable rough and tumble fighter.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

"Gee up, Boxer—we'll wet its head at the Hibernian," said Crow.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Had you been an English boxer you would have leapt back as quickly as I leapt forward.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

Every Boxer wore his yellow head-cloth, and carried a weapon of some sort.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

Luckily or unluckily, the boxer broke in and changed the subject.
Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by C. N. Williamson

Then came 1900, the Boxer troubles and the international march upon Peking.
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

Long ago, during the Boxer troubles, I bought it from a sailor.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

He tried to take Boxer the other day, and he wagged his tail in the middle of it.
Extract from : « The Eagle Cliff » by R.M. Ballantyne

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