boxer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

   You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.

2. 2
   noun

   One who packs boxes.

   They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]

3. 3
   noun

   Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).

   Jockey International, the major boxer maker, has a design for everyone: jungle prints featuring the irrepressible Garfield the cat peeping out between the leaves; […]

4. 4
   noun

   a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

5. 5
   noun

   someone who fights with his fists for sport

6. 6
   noun

   a workman employed to pack things into containers

7. 7
   noun

   A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.

8. 8
   noun

   The person running a game of two-up.

Etymology

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.