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Boxer : (noun)
1: someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: pugilist]
2: a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn: packer,
bagger]
3: a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led
an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign
interests in China [syn: Boxer]
4: a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a
brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Boxer : \Box"er\, n.
A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed
numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the
uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as
``League of United Patriots'' and ``Great Knife [or Sword]
Society,'' have been given as the Chinese name of the
organization; why the members were called Boxers is
uncertain.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Boxer : \Box"er\ (b[o^]ks"[~e]r), n.
One who packs boxes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Boxer : \Box"er\, n.
One who boxes; a pugilist.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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