boxer: Meaning and Definition of

box•er

1. a person who fights as a sport, usually with gloved fists, according to set rules; prize-fighter; pugilist.
2. one of a German breed of medium-sized, stocky, short-haired, pug-faced dogs having a brindled or tan coat with white markings.
3. a person or thing that packs items into boxes.
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Box•er

1. a member of a Chinese secret society that carried on an unsuccessful uprising, 1898–1900 principally against foreigners, culminating in a siege of foreign legations in Peking that was put down by an international expeditionary force.