boxer

Noun
US[bok-ser]/ˈbɑksɚ/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)boxers

  1. someone who fights with their fists for sportSynonyms: pugilistType of combatant, battlerKinds junior lightweight, junior featherweight, bantamweight, sparring partner, heavyweight, featherweight, super heavyweight, prizefighter, slugger, junior welterweight +11 more
  2. a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in ChinaType of Chinese
  3. a workman employed to pack things into containersSynonyms: packerbaggerType of working person
  4. a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in GermanyType of working dog
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Box′er (bŏks′ẽr), noun

One who packs boxes.


Box′er noun

One who boxes; a pugilist.


Box′er noun

A breed of dog.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Boxer

1.<language> A visual language by Hal Abelson and Andy diSessa of Berkeley which claims to be the successor to Logo. Boxes are used to represent scope.

2.<tool> A text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.

(http://boxersoftware.com/users/dhamel).

(2001-04-30)

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