Associations to the word «Boxer»

Pictures for the word «Boxer»

Wiktionary

BOXER, noun. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
BOXER, noun. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
BOXER, noun. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
BOXER, noun. The person running a game of two-up.
BOXER, noun. One who packs boxes.
BOXER, noun. A letterboxer.
BOXER, proper noun. A Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel of the early 1900s.
BOXER BRIEFS, noun. (plurale tantum) A combination between boxers and briefs
BOXER SHORTS, noun. Shorts worn as underwear by men.

Dictionary definition

BOXER, noun. Someone who fights with his fists for sport.
BOXER, noun. A workman employed to pack things into containers.
BOXER, noun. A member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China.
BOXER, noun. A breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats