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▪ I. boxer1|ˈbɒksə(r)|
[f. box v.1 + -er1.]
One who puts things up in boxes.
1871Echo 8 Feb., The material passes..through the hands of..an ‘examiner’, and..a ‘boxer’.
▪ II. ˈboxer2
[f. box v.2 + -er1.]
1. One who boxes or fights with his fists; a pugilist.
1742Fielding J. Andrews iii. ix, A stout fellow and an expert boxer. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 154 As if I had received a blow from the expert hand of a boxer.
2. (With capital initial.) A member of a Chinese secret society organized in the late 19th century, whose primary aim was to save the Chinese empire (and was consequently anti-dynastic); the movement inspired the attack on foreigners in Pekin in 1900. Also attrib.
The name represents Chinese i ho chuan or chuen, lit. righteous harmony boxers (fists).
1900Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 8/4 A number of Boxers attacked a village where some Chinese Catholics live. Ibid. 25 May 5/2 The ‘Boxer’ menace in China continues to excite anxiety. Ibid. 7 June 5/7 A Boxer force was for several weeks drilling..within sight of the foreign concession. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 228/2 The faith which he [sc. Sir Robert Hart] put in the Chinese made him turn a deaf ear to the warnings of the threatening Boxer movement in 1900. 1933Granta 19 Apr. 358/2 No one could have believed that the brutal sadism to which for a moment it gave rein had survived the Boxer rising. 1959Chambers's Encycl. II. 477/2 The Boxers indulged in a cult of magic.
3. Special Comb. boxer shorts orig. U.S., long loose-fitting underpants for men, similar in design to the shorts worn by boxers in the ring.
1944Apparel Arts Mar. 88/2 Do you have any *boxer shorts with elastic waistbands? 1968‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Singing Bird vii. 68 A young man..in very small boxer shorts and a peaked cap. 1983Listener 3 Feb. 19/3 You can always..don your string vest and boxer shorts and bang hell out of a rowing machine.
Hence Boxerism |ˈbɒksərɪz(ə)m|, the conduct and practices of the Boxers in China.
1901Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 1/2 It is scarcely surprising..that Boxerism is still lurking beneath the surface. 1907Daily Chron. 28 Sept. 1/7 An outbreak of Boxerism has taken place in China.
▸ In pl. = boxer shorts n. at 3.
1946Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 15 Nov. 8/6 (advt.) Boxer shorts 79c..Rayon boxers $1.49. 1958Van Nuys (Calif.) News 4 Sept. 19 a/2 (advt.) 65% dacron, 35% cotton—wash 'n wear boxers, easily machine washed, drip dry with no ironing. 1986C. Matheson & E. Solomon Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film script) 51 (stage direct.) As Bill and Ted turn down the hallway, we see that their boxers are coming up out of their suits. 1999Spark 8 Mar. 9/5 It's only really important for those over 16 years of age to wear boxers.
▸ boxer briefs n. orig. U.S. (also occas. in sing.) any of various (men's) garments resembling both boxer shorts and briefs; (now) spec. snugly fitting underpants of stretch fabric, with legs typically extending to the mid-thigh.
1947Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 23 May 7 (advt.) ‘*Boxer’ brief styled of tough-to-take-it cotton poplin. 1994Discount Merchandiser Nov. 90 Team uniforms..are prompting them to buy longer-length boxer briefs and cycling shorts. 2004Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 2 Dec. 19 Boxer briefs—fitted, stretchy boxers—have become the leader in men's underwear in the last 10 years.
▪ III. boxer3
[f. box n.1 + -er1.]
A boxwood pegtop.
1840Peter Parley's Ann. 85 I'll give you my two pegs for your boxer. 1853N. & Q. 1st Ser. VIII. 63/1 Schoolboys call tops made of boxwood, boxers. 1881F. Y. Ev. Man his own Mech. ii. ii. 267 ‘Boxers’, as they [sc. spinning tops] are called from the material of which they are made, are considered to be the best.
▪ IV. ˈboxer4
[? f. box n.2 + -er1.]
1. dial. A tall hat.
1877Legends in Dial. of Gloucestershire 51 Twur genelmen wi' boxers on. 1884H. D. Rawnsley in Trans. Wordsworth Soc. VI. 163 Wearing a big wideawake, or a bit of an old boxer.
2. A bowler or billycock hat. Austral.
1897Argus 9 Jan. 14/2 (Morris), And will you wear a boxer that is in a battered state? 1904Westm. Gaz. 9 June 12/1 In Melbourne..a..man in the ordinary Sunday suit of a worker, a boxer hat, and a blue shirt with a white collar.
▪ V. boxer5
[G., a. Eng. boxer2.]
A smooth-coated, square-built, fawn or brindle breed of dog of the bulldog type, originating in Germany.
1934Hutchinson's Dog Encycl. I. 184 Boxer. This dog, which appears to derive from the ‘Dogues’ that had been made use of, during past centuries, for animal-baiting, is very little known in Britain. 1952Koestler Arrow in Blue 200 My dog Jessy—the first of a long series of Alsatians, Welsh sheep dogs, Boxers and St. Bernards. 1958F. King Man on Rock vi. 170 They cost you a fortune, big dogs. A pal of mine has a boxer, a German boxer, that's what they call it. |