Meaning of Boxer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
3. A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
   historical
4. A surname.
5. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
6. The person running a game of two-up.
7. One who packs boxes.
8. A letterboxer.
9. Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).
   attributive, form-of

Equivalents

Examples

“You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.”

“In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.”

“They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]”

“Jockey International, the major boxer maker, has a design for everyone: jungle prints featuring the irrepressible Garfield the cat peeping out between the leaves; […]”

“My husband, Zac, noticed my laundry shortcomings when his sock and boxer drawer came up empty, and kindly asked if I could please do some laundry.”

“The boxer-type underwear would tear and get tangled up, and the brief kind would get too binding and hot, so we might not wear either.”

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