pugilist C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈpjudʒəlɪst/ UK /ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who fights with their fists; a boxer The aging pugilist stepped into the ring for one last bout. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who fights with... boxerprizefighterfighterbruisersparrer Word family Forms pugilistic Derived forms pugilistic Related forms pugilismpugnaciousimpugn Etymology AI details From Latin pugil ('a boxer') + the suffix -ist. Pugil derives from pugnus ('fist'), related to pugnare ('to fight'). pugil Latin pugnus Latin *pewǵ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pugilist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpjudʒəlɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪst/ ## Meanings 1. a person who fights with their fists; a boxer ## Examples - The aging pugilist stepped into the ring for one last bout. ## Synonyms - boxer - prizefighter - fighter - bruiser - sparrer ## Derived Forms - pugilistic ## Related Forms - pugilism - pugnacious - impugn ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pugil - Root: pugnus - Root: *pewǵ- ## Etymology From Latin pugil ('a boxer') + the suffix -ist. Pugil derives from pugnus ('fist'), related to pugnare ('to fight'). ## AI Etymology Pugilist is from Latin pugil ('a boxer') + the suffix -ist. Pugil derives from pugnus ('fist'), related to pugnare ('to fight'). Important recorded forms include pugil (Latin), pugnus (Latin), and *pewǵ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who fights with their fists; a boxer. The wider family includes derived forms such as pugilistic and related words such as pugilism, pugnacious, and impugn. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown