Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boxer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boxer \Box"er\, n.
A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed
numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the
uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as
``League of United Patriots'' and ``Great Knife [or Sword]
Society,'' have been given as the Chinese name of the
organization; why the members were called Boxers is
uncertain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boxer \Box"er\ (b[o^]ks"[~e]r), n.
One who packs boxes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boxer \Box"er\, n.
One who boxes; a pugilist.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boxer
n 1: someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: {pugilist}]
2: a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn: {packer},
{bagger}]
3: a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a
brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
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