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Box·er  (bksr)
n.
A member of a secret society in China that unsuccessfully attempted in 1900 to drive foreigners from the country by violence and force Chinese Christians to renounce their religion.

[Approximate translation of Chinese (Mandarin) (yìhé) quán, (righteous harmonious) fists, name of a secret political organization.]

box·er 1  (bksr)
n.
1. Sports One who fights with the fists as a sport.
2. boxers Boxer shorts.

box·er 2  (bksr)
n.
One that packs items in boxes.

box·er 3  (bksr)
n.
A medium-sized, short-haired dog of a breed developed in Germany, having a brownish coat and a short, square-jawed muzzle.

[German, from English boxer (from its pugnacious nature).]
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Noun1.boxers - underpants worn by menboxers - underpants worn by men              
underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one


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Another sort of quality is that in virtue of which, for example, we call men good boxers or runners, or healthy or sickly: in fact it includes all those terms which refer to inborn capacity or incapacity.
The two bodies of troops exchanged blows in the manner of a pair of boxers.
And indeed we may forgive this his suspicion; for such was the agility and strength of our heroe, that he was, perhaps, a match for one of the first-rate boxers, and could, with great ease, have beaten all the muffled[*] graduates of Mr Broughton's school.
 
 
 
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