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boxer

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See also: Boxer and bóxer

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Two boxers (fighters) in a boxing match.

From box +‎ -er.[1][2]

Noun

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boxer (plural boxers)

  1. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
    You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
    • 2018 August 9, Alan Burdick, “Science has Resolved the Question of Boxers vs. Briefs”, in The New Yorker‎[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:
      In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.
    • 2026 February 9, Jon Caramanica, “Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2026:
      He [Bad Bunny] strode past vendors of coco frio, tacos and piraguas; a pair of boxers sparring; a table of older gentlemen playing dominoes; women at a nail salon.
  2. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  3. The person running a game of two-up.
  4. One who packs boxes.
    • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn, page 385:
      They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]
  5. A letterboxer.
  6. Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).
    • 1987, Health, volume 19:
      Jockey International, the major boxer maker, has a design for everyone: jungle prints featuring the irrepressible Garfield the cat peeping out between the leaves; […]
    • 2011, Jennie Allen, “Mad”, in Stuck Study: The Places We Get Stuck & the God Who Sets Us Free, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 38:
      My husband, Zac, noticed my laundry shortcomings when his sock and boxer drawer came up empty, and kindly asked if I could please do some laundry.
    • 2012, “Dennis Miller”, in Ronald H. Dykes, “They Wouldn’t Let Us Win”: Jackson County, Alabama, Veterans Relive the Vietnam War, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 72:
      The boxer-type underwear would tear and get tangled up, and the brief kind would get too binding and hot, so we might not wear either.
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Etymology 2

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A boxer (breed of dog).

From German Boxer, from boxen (“to box (strike with the fists)”) + -er.[3]

Noun

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boxer (plural boxers)

  1. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
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References

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  1. ^ “boxer, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “boxer, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ “boxer, n.5”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Named after its glove-like palps.

Noun

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boxer

  1. an unqualified spider in spider fighting, a male with glove-like palps, instead used as a feed

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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boxer m anim

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)
  2. boxer (breed of dog)

Declension

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Declension of boxer (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative boxer boxeři
genitive boxera boxerů
dative boxerovi, boxeru boxerům
accusative boxera boxery
vocative boxere boxeři
locative boxerovi, boxeru boxerech
instrumental boxerem boxery

Noun

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boxer m inan

  1. brass knuckles
  2. boxer engine

Declension

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Declension of boxer (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative boxer boxery
genitive boxeru boxerů
dative boxeru boxerům
accusative boxer boxery
vocative boxere boxery
locative boxeru boxerech
instrumental boxerem boxery

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English boxer.

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Noun

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boxer m (plural boxers, diminutive boxertje n)

  1. boxer (dog)
  2. boxer (engine)
  3. short for boxershort
  4. nonstandard form of bokser

French

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Etymology 1

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From German Boxer.[1]

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Noun

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boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (dog)

Etymology 2

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From English boxer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer shorts, boxers
  2. boxer (engine)

Etymology 3

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Adapted borrowing of English box +‎ -er.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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boxer

  1. to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of boxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boxer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boxant
/bɔk.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boxé
/bɔk.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present boxe
/bɔks/ 		boxes
/bɔks/ 		boxe
/bɔks/ 		boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/ 		boxez
/bɔk.se/ 		boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/ 		boxais
/bɔk.sɛ/ 		boxait
/bɔk.sɛ/ 		boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/ 		boxiez
/bɔk.sje/ 		boxaient
/bɔk.sɛ/
past historic2 boxai
/bɔk.se/ 		boxas
/bɔk.sa/ 		boxa
/bɔk.sa/ 		boxâmes
/bɔk.sam/ 		boxâtes
/bɔk.sat/ 		boxèrent
/bɔk.sɛʁ/
future boxerai
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/ 		boxeras
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/ 		boxera
/bɔk.sə.ʁa/ 		boxerons
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		boxerez
/bɔk.sə.ʁe/ 		boxeront
/bɔk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/ 		boxerais
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/ 		boxerait
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/ 		boxerions
/bɔk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		boxeriez
/bɔk.sə.ʁje/ 		boxeraient
/bɔk.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present boxe
/bɔks/ 		boxes
/bɔks/ 		boxe
/bɔks/ 		boxions
/bɔk.sjɔ̃/ 		boxiez
/bɔk.sje/ 		boxent
/bɔks/
imperfect2 boxasse
/bɔk.sas/ 		boxasses
/bɔk.sas/ 		boxât
/bɔk.sa/ 		boxassions
/bɔk.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		boxassiez
/bɔk.sa.sje/ 		boxassent
/bɔk.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boxe
/bɔks/ 		— boxons
/bɔk.sɔ̃/ 		boxez
/bɔk.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Descendants
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  • → Catalan: boxar

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “boxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping from English boxer shorts.

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boxer m (invariable)

  1. boxer shorts, boxers

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun

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boxer m (invariable)

  1. boxer (dog)

Etymology 3

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Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping from English boxer engine.

Noun

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boxer m (invariable)

  1. boxer (engine)

Norman

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Etymology

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From English box +‎ -er.

Verb

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boxer

  1. (Jersey) to box

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: bo‧xer

Noun

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boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French boxeur.

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Noun

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boxer m (plural boxeri, feminine equivalent boxeră)

  1. boxer (participant in a boxing match)
    Synonym: pugilist
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative boxer boxerul boxeri boxerii
genitive-dative boxer boxerului boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.

Noun

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boxer m (plural boxeri)

  1. boxer (breed of dog)
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative boxer boxerul boxeri boxerii
genitive-dative boxer boxerului boxeri boxerilor
vocative boxerule boxerilor

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboɡseɾ/ [ˈboɣ̞.seɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɡseɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧xer

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boxer m (plural boxers)

  1. (proscribed) alternative spelling of bóxer
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