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boxer

noun

ˈbäk-sər How to pronounce boxer (audio)
Definition of boxernext
as in fighter
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever

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Recent Examples of boxer The 49ers, an otherwise good team, have for the past couple of months been weaving and slipping bad news like a boxer trying to avoid a knockout punch. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Hailing from London as the son of hardscrabble fruit sellers, Winstone was often asked to channel his rough-and-tumble upbringing and pre-acting career as a boxer into mobster and villain roles. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026 His resume also includes a win over Mike Balogun, a former Buffalo Bills linebacker turned pro boxer. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Joe Louis Southern Kitchen pays homage to legendary boxer Joe Louis, with decor featuring photos and career milestones. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boxer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxer
  1. fighter
  2. gladiator
  3. prizefighter
  4. pugilist
Noun
  • That’s a pretty evocative setting for a film, with the perpetual drone and roar of fighter jets overhead and an air of constricting menace pervading what should otherwise be placidly idle summer hours.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Regrouping later with others from the White House counsel’s office at a nearby office building as fighter jets patrolled the sky, the future Supreme Court justice was directed to research the emergency powers Bush could tap.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of fighter
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  • The movie follows Lucius’ return to Rome as a slave, forced to compete in gladiator fights as his father Maximus (Crowe’s character from the original movie) did before him.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Rome — Rome’s ancient Colosseum, where gladiators were once gored by wild animals to the delight of cheering crowds, has never exactly been associated with safety.
    — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of gladiator
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  • But Ford had stripped these two unpainted entries down to the chassis, like prizefighters shedding final pounds before weigh-in.
    — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of prizefighter
Noun
  • The 50-year-old Ukrainian pugilist was engaged to Panettiere in 2013 during an on-and-off relationship that lasted nearly a decade.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The group reached the office of Ilhan Omar, a Democratic congresswoman from Minneapolis who has a reputation as a political pugilist.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pugilist

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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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