Etymology

boxer

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Today it means: A participant in a boxing match: a fighter who boxes. Full definition →

German Boxer
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boxer · noun1

From box + -er.

boxer · noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromBoxer
  2. English todayboxer

Borrowed from German Boxer, from boxen (“to box (strike with the fists)”) + -er.

Boxer · noun, proper noun3

Named Boxers by the West, since their official title was "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (義和拳 /义和拳 (Yìhéquán)) and their symbol was a clenched fist.

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