Definition of Boxer

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Definition of Boxer

Boxer

One who packs boxes.

One who boxes; a pugilist.

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.

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Boxer Quotations

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
Eddie Murphy

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.
Warren Zevon

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
Sophocles

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.
Joyce Carol Oates

Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career.
Orlando Bloom

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.
Orlando Bloom

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.
Paul Simon

A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.
Gene Tunney

Boxer Translations

boxer in Afrikaans is bokser
boxer in Danish is bokser
boxer in Dutch is bokser
boxer in French is pugiliste
boxer in Italian is pugile
boxer in Spanish is boxeador
boxer in Swedish is boxare

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