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boxer
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noun (n)
- a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- One who packs boxes.(noun)source: webster1913
- One who boxes; a pugilist.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913