boxer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who fights with his fists for sport
  2. noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
  3. noun a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China

Etymology

From box + -er.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pugilist

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