1
: a person who engages in the sport of boxing
2
: any of a German breed of compact medium-sized dogs with a short usually fawn or brindled coat
: a member of a Chinese secret society that in 1900 attempted by violence to drive foreigners out of China and to force Chinese converts to renounce Christianity
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Noun (1)
that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
In a podcast released Monday with former professional wrestler The Undertaker, Trump also pushed false claims about the controversial Olympic boxing match between Italian boxer Angela Carini and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
The title character is the person who plays him—a former national champion boxer, now on the downside of his career, who, here, enacts a drama about his own life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Sydney Sweeney shared the first photos of her playing boxer Christy Martin for the upcoming biopic being directed by David Michôd.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The character started off as a boxer and has become a bum, like Brando’s Terry Malloy.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
In a podcast released Monday with former professional wrestler The Undertaker, Trump also pushed false claims about the controversial Olympic boxing match between Italian boxer Angela Carini and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
The title character is the person who plays him—a former national champion boxer, now on the downside of his career, who, here, enacts a drama about his own life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Sydney Sweeney shared the first photos of her playing boxer Christy Martin for the upcoming biopic being directed by David Michôd.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxer. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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boxer
1 of 2 noun
box·er
ˈbäk-sər 
: one that engages in the sport of boxing
boxer
2 of 2 noun
: any of a German breed of medium-sized dogs with a smooth coat and a short square face
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