Meaning

6 senses
  1. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

    You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.

    Boxer, Boxerin

    боксёрboksjór

    боксе́рboksér, боксе́рkaboksérka

  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.

    someone who fights with their fists for sport

  5. A letterboxer.

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

    Boxer

    боксёрboksjór

    a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

Examples

93 sentences
  1. Tom is a boxer, isn't he?

    Том боксер, так?

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  2. I used to be a good boxer.

    Я колись був добрим боксером.

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  3. Tom is a boxer.

    Том боксер.

    ruТом боксёр.

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  4. Tom is an amateur boxer.

    Том - боксер-любитель.

    deTom ist ein Amateurboxer.

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  5. I'm a boxer.

    Я боксер.

    ruЯ боксер.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
participant in a boxing match:
Русский
By meaning 1
participant in a boxing match:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
participant in a boxing match:

Origin

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

From box + -er.

Borrowed from German Boxer, from boxen (“to box (strike with the fists)”) + -er.

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Forms

plural: boxers
Singularboxer
Pluralboxers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
participant in a boxing match:pugilist
type of engine:boxer engine
Close in meaning
  • someone who fights with their fists for sport:pugilist
  • a workman employed to pack things into containers:packerbagger

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a good boxer
  • is a boxer
  • good boxer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boxer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto