boxern.²

Brit.

/ˈbɒksə/, U.S.

/ˈbɑksər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < box v.¹ + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 with reference to the reciprocating left-right motion of the machinery, suggesting the movement of the arms of a boxer; in sense 2b after German Boxer (in Boxermotor , boxer engine (1934 in the source referred to in quot. 1935)). In sense 3 after Chinese quán, literally ‘fist’, also used in compounds to denote styles of martial arts, including religious and ritual aspects (‘boxing’), and their practitioners (‘boxers’), in this case specifically in Yìhéquán , literally ‘just and righteous boxing’, the name of the style practised by the secret society subsequently known as Yìhétuán , literally ‘just and righteous league’. In sense 4 probably an extended use of sense 1, with the organizer of the game of two-up being so called because he ‘boxes’ in the ring.

1. A person who boxes or fights with his or her fists; (later) esp. a person who engages in boxing as a sport or profession. Also occasionally applied to practitioners of martial arts in which kicks, elbow attacks, etc., are permitted as well as punches or strikes with the hand (cf. kick-boxer n.).With reference to boxing, sometimes specifically implying a person who fights in a manner characterized by technical skill rather than raw power; cf. quot. 1915 and also boxer-puncher n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer

buffeter1483

pugil1646

cuffer1662

boxer1672

pugilistc1740

setter-to1810

miller1812

sparrer1814

pet1825

pugilistic1827

slogger1829

fist-mate1834

peeler1852

pug1858

scrapper1874

slugger1877

slogster1881

basher1882

fisticuffer1888

ring man1899

ringster1902

pucker1919

1672 J. Phillips Maronides 83 Therefore, if legs will beare thee, go, Weake boxer of the driving snow, Go get a Surgeon, Noble Festus, And dream no more of pounding Cestus.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 54 Built as it were to make a good Boxer.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. viii. 137 A stout Fellow, and an expert Boxer .

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 148 As if I had received a blow from the expert hand of a boxer.

1915 Our Navy Mar. 44/1 Boxing under clean breaks, no hitting in the clinches, the boxer would undoubtedly have an edge on the fighter.

1973 B. Kong & E. H. Ho Hung Gar Kung-Fu 38 Without a proper stance, a boxer will not be able to use his hands effectively.

2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Nov. a14/2 It's hard for a boxer to return to the ring after getting knocked out.

a. Frequently with capital initial. A type of steam railway locomotive with horizontal external cylinders, characterized by a swaying motion at speed. Now historical and rare.The term refers to a class of locomotives built by the company of George Forrester in Liverpool, starting in 1834.

ΚΠ

1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery I. 10/2 The necessarily great lateral overhang of the cylinders..introduced..a formidable right and left sinuous motion at high speeds, which obtained for these engines the distinctive title of the ‘Boxers’.

1949 C. H. Ellis Some Classic Locomotives 20 These Forrester engines, the first locomotives to have outside horizontal cylinders, were known as 'boxers', because they boxed or hunted at speed owing to the combination of widely-spaced cylinders, short wheelbase, and the usual lack of any form of balancing.

b. A type of internal combustion engine with horizontally opposed pistons that move in and out towards the centrally located crankshaft at the same time. Chiefly as a modifier, esp. in boxer engine.

ΚΠ

1935 Techn. Memorandum (U.S. National Advisory Committee Aeronautics) No. 776 15 It suggests the design of the so-called ‘end-to-end’ or ‘boxer’ engine, the most simple and inexpensive version of which corresponds to the German patent No. 485889.

1961 Marine Engineer & Naval Architect May 602/1 A further variant of the Vee engine is the so-called Boxer engine in which the rows of the vee have been spreadeagled so that they are horizontally opposed.

2008 Indianapolis Star 13 Jan. (Early ed.) (Indy Sunday section) 20/1 The engine is a surprise, too: an opposed twin ‘boxer’, much like on a BMW motorcycle or the older Citroen 2CV popular with French farmers.

3. With capital initial. Chiefly in plural. A member of a Chinese secret society, active in the late 19th cent., which opposed growing foreign encroachment into China, esp. Western imperialism and Christian evangelism, and led the Boxer rebellion in 1899–1900 (see Compounds 1a). Now historical.

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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > Chinese secret societies > member of

triadists1855

highbinder1875

boxer1899

1899 North-China Herald 4 Sept. 485/3 A large number of native Christians came and camped in the village and said that they would all have to be killed before the ‘Boxers’ could get at the missionaries.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 8/4 A number of Boxers attacked a village where some Chinese Catholics live.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 477/2 The Boxers indulged in a cult of magic.

2019 Jrnl. World Christianity 9 103 In the novel, Little Bao, a leader of the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist, otherwise known as the Boxers, sets fire to the Hanlin Academy Library in Peking.

4. Australian and New Zealand. The person in charge of a game of two-up (see two-up n. 1).See note in etymology.

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1900 Sunday Times (Sydney) 5 Aug. 5/1 ‘The Boxer’ calls the result—two heads, two tails, or two ones, which latter means a head and a tail, in which case they are spun again.

1911 L. Stone Jonah 216 The spinner threw down the kip, and took his winnings from the boxer.

1951 W. Lawson Gold in their Hearts 90 Percy Gray was the spinner, and Alf Burke, the boxer—you know the man who takes the bets.

2019 Bega District News (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 25 Apr. The ringkeeper, or boxer, holds the money and the equivalent amount from the house or a tail bettor to cover the bet.

5. In plural. Long loose-fitting underpants, similar in design to the shorts worn by boxers in the ring; = boxer shorts n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for men

boxer shorts1930

boxers1946

jockey shorts1951

Y-front1953

jockey briefs1966

shreddies1989

tighty-whities1990

1946 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 15 Nov. 8/6 (advt.) Boxer shorts 79c..Rayon boxers $1.49.

1958 Van 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.

1986 C. Matheson & E. Solomon Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film script, 5th draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 51 (stage direct.) As Bill and Ted turn down the hallway, we see that their boxers are coming up out of their suits.

1999 Spark 8 Mar. 9/5 It's only really important for those over 16 years of age to wear boxers.

2016 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 8 Jan. He stripped to his boxers, grabbed a boogie board from a boy coming out of the water and started to paddle out.

Compounds

C1.

a. As a modifier, designating the Chinese nationalist uprising (1899–1900) led by the Boxers (see sense 3) in protest against growing foreign encroachment into China, esp. in Boxer rebellion, Boxer uprising. [The Chinese name for these events is Yìhétuán yùndòng ( < Yìhétuán, the name of the Boxers (see main etymology) + yùndòng movement, (political) campaign).]

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1899 North-China Herald 27 Dec. 1268/3 The Boxer Rebellion, which has been fostered with such paternal care by the inaction and wrong action of the Manchu Governor of Shantung, still holds on its unimpeded way.

1922 W. M. West Story World Progress lxii. 608 Many missionaries and travelers were massacred..and..European embassies in Peking were besieged. The siege was soon raised, and the Boxer rising crushed with savage retaliation.

1961 A. Feuerwerker & S. Cheng Chinese Communist Stud. Mod. Chinese Hist. (1970) ii. 113 The Boxer uprising is currently interpreted as having saved China from becoming another Africa or an India, a colony of the Western powers.

2006 New Statesman (Nexis) 26 June Nothing epitomised the subjugation of Asia better than the violation of Chinese sovereignty in 1900 by a multinational force..sent to suppress the Boxer Rebellion.

b. As a modifier (in sense 3) with the sense ‘of or relating to the Boxers’ or designating people belonging to this group. Now historical.

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1899 North-China Herald 27 Dec. 1265/3 The capture of two army scouts by the Boxer horsemen.

1900 tr. Tsung-li Yamên Let. 3 Jan. in Parl. Papers Cd. 257 CV. 4 At a place called Chang Chia Chuang, he was attacked and wounded on the head by a band of red turbaned ‘Boxer’ rebels.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 5/7 A Boxer force was for several weeks drilling..within sight of the foreign concession.

1902 Encycl. 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.

2011 P. French Midnight in Peking (2012) 12 As a younger man he'd seen the city ravaged and looted by the foreign armies that had come to rout the Boxer rebels.

C2.

boxer briefs n. originally U.S. any of various garments resembling both boxer shorts and briefs; (now) spec. snugly fitting underpants of stretch fabric, with legs typically extending to the mid-thigh; also occasionally in singular.

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1947 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 23 May 7 (advt.) ‘Boxer’ brief styled of tough-to-take-it cotton poplin.

1994 Discount Merchandiser Nov. 90 Team uniforms..are prompting them to buy longer-length boxer briefs and cycling shorts.

2004 Halifax (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.

boxer-puncher n. Boxing a boxer who combines power with quick, long-range punches and good defensive moves.

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1924 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 13 June (Last City ed.) 12/2 Shannon has lots of the boxing abilities that Yutzy [i.e. Xeny's previous opponent] lacks and with a boxer puncher meeting him Xeny may find the going altogether unusual.

1955 Jet 3 Nov. 53 Undoubtedly, Sugar Ray retains all of his boxing moxie, much of his all-around, boxer-puncher ability.

2019 MailOnline (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Boxing section) He's had a few knockouts on his record as well, he can bang and he can box so he's a boxer-puncher.

boxer shorts n. originally U.S. long loose-fitting underpants, similar in design to the shorts worn by boxers in the ring.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for men

boxer shorts1930

boxers1946

jockey shorts1951

Y-front1953

jockey briefs1966

shreddies1989

tighty-whities1990

1930 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 11 June 18/3 (advt.) Broadcloth Boxer Shorts..1.25. Rayon Boxer Shorts..1.65.

1944 Apparel 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.

1983 Listener 3 Feb. 19/3 You can always..don your string vest and boxer shorts and bang hell out of a rowing machine.

2013 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 29/8 I remember a game of Strip Spin the Bottle resulted in a group discarding their checked shirts to snog each other in boxer shorts.

Derivatives

Boxerism n.

/ˈbɒksərɪz(ə)m/ now historical the principles and practices of the Boxers (sense 3); opposition to growing foreign encroachment into China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > Chinese politics > principles or policies

Tai-pingism1860

Boxerism1900

reform through labour1913

Sun Yat-senism1925

Maoism1950

rectification1956

Great Leap Forward1958

1900 Rev. of Reviews June 514/1 When the railways are thrust into the interior they will everywhere breed ‘Boxers’. ‘Boxerism’ is a kind of shadow of railway extension.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 1/2 It is scarcely surprising..that Boxerism is still lurking beneath the surface.

1907 Daily Chron. 28 Sept. 1/7 An outbreak of Boxerism has taken place in China.

2010 Harvard Asia Pacific Rev. Spring The idea that Boxerism was a terrible thing took hold domestically in some quarters as well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boxer
释义	boxern.¹ Brit. /ˈbɒksə/, U.S. /ˈbɑksər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < box v.² + -er suffix¹. A person who puts things in boxes; (now usually) esp. a person who boxes goods for transportation and sale.With use alluding to the Eucharist in quot. 1546 cf. box n.² 2a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who packs or packages > who puts in boxes boxer1546 1546 J. Bale First Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 26^v Wyll ye styll plucke our Christen beleue from the ryght hande of God the eternall father, and sende it [sc. the communion wafer] to a boxe of your braynysh deuysynge? The first boxer of it, was pope Honorius the thyrde. 1871 Echo 8 Feb. The material passes..through the hands of..an ‘examiner’, and..a ‘boxer’. 1930 Nottingham Evening Post 28 Jan. 2/2 (advt.) Wanted, experienced Cutter for Ladies' Frocks and Blouses, also experienced Folder and Boxer. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 July i. 10/5 She's a white-coated ‘boxer’ on the packaging side, assigned the task of packing prepared meat for shipping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boxern.² Brit. /ˈbɒksə/, U.S. /ˈbɑksər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < box v.¹ + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 with reference to the reciprocating left-right motion of the machinery, suggesting the movement of the arms of a boxer; in sense 2b after German Boxer (in Boxermotor , boxer engine (1934 in the source referred to in quot. 1935)). In sense 3 after Chinese quán, literally ‘fist’, also used in compounds to denote styles of martial arts, including religious and ritual aspects (‘boxing’), and their practitioners (‘boxers’), in this case specifically in Yìhéquán , literally ‘just and righteous boxing’, the name of the style practised by the secret society subsequently known as Yìhétuán , literally ‘just and righteous league’. In sense 4 probably an extended use of sense 1, with the organizer of the game of two-up being so called because he ‘boxes’ in the ring. 1. A person who boxes or fights with his or her fists; (later) esp. a person who engages in boxing as a sport or profession. Also occasionally applied to practitioners of martial arts in which kicks, elbow attacks, etc., are permitted as well as punches or strikes with the hand (cf. kick-boxer n.).With reference to boxing, sometimes specifically implying a person who fights in a manner characterized by technical skill rather than raw power; cf. quot. 1915 and also boxer-puncher n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1672 J. Phillips Maronides 83 Therefore, if legs will beare thee, go, Weake boxer of the driving snow, Go get a Surgeon, Noble Festus, And dream no more of pounding Cestus. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 54 Built as it were to make a good Boxer. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. viii. 137 A stout Fellow, and an expert Boxer . View more context for this quotation 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 148 As if I had received a blow from the expert hand of a boxer. 1915 Our Navy Mar. 44/1 Boxing under clean breaks, no hitting in the clinches, the boxer would undoubtedly have an edge on the fighter. 1973 B. Kong & E. H. Ho Hung Gar Kung-Fu 38 Without a proper stance, a boxer will not be able to use his hands effectively. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Nov. a14/2 It's hard for a boxer to return to the ring after getting knocked out. 2. a. Frequently with capital initial. A type of steam railway locomotive with horizontal external cylinders, characterized by a swaying motion at speed. Now historical and rare.The term refers to a class of locomotives built by the company of George Forrester in Liverpool, starting in 1834. ΚΠ 1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery I. 10/2 The necessarily great lateral overhang of the cylinders..introduced..a formidable right and left sinuous motion at high speeds, which obtained for these engines the distinctive title of the ‘Boxers’. 1949 C. H. Ellis Some Classic Locomotives 20 These Forrester engines, the first locomotives to have outside horizontal cylinders, were known as 'boxers', because they boxed or hunted at speed owing to the combination of widely-spaced cylinders, short wheelbase, and the usual lack of any form of balancing. b. A type of internal combustion engine with horizontally opposed pistons that move in and out towards the centrally located crankshaft at the same time. Chiefly as a modifier, esp. in boxer engine. ΚΠ 1935 Techn. Memorandum (U.S. National Advisory Committee Aeronautics) No. 776 15 It suggests the design of the so-called ‘end-to-end’ or ‘boxer’ engine, the most simple and inexpensive version of which corresponds to the German patent No. 485889. 1961 Marine Engineer & Naval Architect May 602/1 A further variant of the Vee engine is the so-called Boxer engine in which the rows of the vee have been spreadeagled so that they are horizontally opposed. 2008 Indianapolis Star 13 Jan. (Early ed.) (Indy Sunday section) 20/1 The engine is a surprise, too: an opposed twin ‘boxer’, much like on a BMW motorcycle or the older Citroen 2CV popular with French farmers. 3. With capital initial. Chiefly in plural. A member of a Chinese secret society, active in the late 19th cent., which opposed growing foreign encroachment into China, esp. Western imperialism and Christian evangelism, and led the Boxer rebellion in 1899–1900 (see Compounds 1a). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > Chinese secret societies > member of triadists1855 highbinder1875 boxer1899 1899 North-China Herald 4 Sept. 485/3 A large number of native Christians came and camped in the village and said that they would all have to be killed before the ‘Boxers’ could get at the missionaries. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 8/4 A number of Boxers attacked a village where some Chinese Catholics live. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 477/2 The Boxers indulged in a cult of magic. 2019 Jrnl. World Christianity 9 103 In the novel, Little Bao, a leader of the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist, otherwise known as the Boxers, sets fire to the Hanlin Academy Library in Peking. 4. Australian and New Zealand. The person in charge of a game of two-up (see two-up n. 1).See note in etymology. ΚΠ 1900 Sunday Times (Sydney) 5 Aug. 5/1 ‘The Boxer’ calls the result—two heads, two tails, or two ones, which latter means a head and a tail, in which case they are spun again. 1911 L. Stone Jonah 216 The spinner threw down the kip, and took his winnings from the boxer. 1951 W. Lawson Gold in their Hearts 90 Percy Gray was the spinner, and Alf Burke, the boxer—you know the man who takes the bets. 2019 Bega District News (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 25 Apr. The ringkeeper, or boxer, holds the money and the equivalent amount from the house or a tail bettor to cover the bet. 5. In plural. Long loose-fitting underpants, similar in design to the shorts worn by boxers in the ring; = boxer shorts n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for men boxer shorts1930 boxers1946 jockey shorts1951 Y-front1953 jockey briefs1966 shreddies1989 tighty-whities1990 1946 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 15 Nov. 8/6 (advt.) Boxer shorts 79c..Rayon boxers $1.49. 1958 Van 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. 1986 C. Matheson & E. Solomon Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film script, 5th draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 51 (stage direct.) As Bill and Ted turn down the hallway, we see that their boxers are coming up out of their suits. 1999 Spark 8 Mar. 9/5 It's only really important for those over 16 years of age to wear boxers. 2016 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 8 Jan. He stripped to his boxers, grabbed a boogie board from a boy coming out of the water and started to paddle out. Compounds C1. a. As a modifier, designating the Chinese nationalist uprising (1899–1900) led by the Boxers (see sense 3) in protest against growing foreign encroachment into China, esp. in Boxer rebellion, Boxer uprising. [The Chinese name for these events is Yìhétuán yùndòng ( < Yìhétuán, the name of the Boxers (see main etymology) + yùndòng movement, (political) campaign).] ΚΠ 1899 North-China Herald 27 Dec. 1268/3 The Boxer Rebellion, which has been fostered with such paternal care by the inaction and wrong action of the Manchu Governor of Shantung, still holds on its unimpeded way. 1922 W. M. West Story World Progress lxii. 608 Many missionaries and travelers were massacred..and..European embassies in Peking were besieged. The siege was soon raised, and the Boxer rising crushed with savage retaliation. 1961 A. Feuerwerker & S. Cheng Chinese Communist Stud. Mod. Chinese Hist. (1970) ii. 113 The Boxer uprising is currently interpreted as having saved China from becoming another Africa or an India, a colony of the Western powers. 2006 New Statesman (Nexis) 26 June Nothing epitomised the subjugation of Asia better than the violation of Chinese sovereignty in 1900 by a multinational force..sent to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. b. As a modifier (in sense 3) with the sense ‘of or relating to the Boxers’ or designating people belonging to this group. Now historical. ΚΠ 1899 North-China Herald 27 Dec. 1265/3 The capture of two army scouts by the Boxer horsemen. 1900 tr. Tsung-li Yamên Let. 3 Jan. in Parl. Papers Cd. 257 CV. 4 At a place called Chang Chia Chuang, he was attacked and wounded on the head by a band of red turbaned ‘Boxer’ rebels. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 5/7 A Boxer force was for several weeks drilling..within sight of the foreign concession. 1902 Encycl. 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. 2011 P. French Midnight in Peking (2012) 12 As a younger man he'd seen the city ravaged and looted by the foreign armies that had come to rout the Boxer rebels. C2. boxer briefs n. originally U.S. any of various garments resembling both boxer shorts and briefs; (now) spec. snugly fitting underpants of stretch fabric, with legs typically extending to the mid-thigh; also occasionally in singular. ΚΠ 1947 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 23 May 7 (advt.) ‘Boxer’ brief styled of tough-to-take-it cotton poplin. 1994 Discount Merchandiser Nov. 90 Team uniforms..are prompting them to buy longer-length boxer briefs and cycling shorts. 2004 Halifax (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. boxer-puncher n. Boxing a boxer who combines power with quick, long-range punches and good defensive moves. ΚΠ 1924 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 13 June (Last City ed.) 12/2 Shannon has lots of the boxing abilities that Yutzy [i.e. Xeny's previous opponent] lacks and with a boxer puncher meeting him Xeny may find the going altogether unusual. 1955 Jet 3 Nov. 53 Undoubtedly, Sugar Ray retains all of his boxing moxie, much of his all-around, boxer-puncher ability. 2019 MailOnline (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Boxing section) He's had a few knockouts on his record as well, he can bang and he can box so he's a boxer-puncher. boxer shorts n. originally U.S. long loose-fitting underpants, similar in design to the shorts worn by boxers in the ring. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > underpants > for men boxer shorts1930 boxers1946 jockey shorts1951 Y-front1953 jockey briefs1966 shreddies1989 tighty-whities1990 1930 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 11 June 18/3 (advt.) Broadcloth Boxer Shorts..1.25. Rayon Boxer Shorts..1.65. 1944 Apparel 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. 1983 Listener 3 Feb. 19/3 You can always..don your string vest and boxer shorts and bang hell out of a rowing machine. 2013 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 29/8 I remember a game of Strip Spin the Bottle resulted in a group discarding their checked shirts to snog each other in boxer shorts. Derivatives Boxerism n. /ˈbɒksərɪz(ə)m/ now historical the principles and practices of the Boxers (sense 3); opposition to growing foreign encroachment into China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > Chinese politics > principles or policies Tai-pingism1860 Boxerism1900 reform through labour1913 Sun Yat-senism1925 Maoism1950 rectification1956 Great Leap Forward1958 1900 Rev. of Reviews June 514/1 When the railways are thrust into the interior they will everywhere breed ‘Boxers’. ‘Boxerism’ is a kind of shadow of railway extension. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 1/2 It is scarcely surprising..that Boxerism is still lurking beneath the surface. 1907 Daily Chron. 28 Sept. 1/7 An outbreak of Boxerism has taken place in China. 2010 Harvard Asia Pacific Rev. Spring The idea that Boxerism was a terrible thing took hold domestically in some quarters as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boxern.³ Brit. /ˈbɒksə/, U.S. /ˈbɑksər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < box n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Now rare and chiefly historical. A spinning top or pegtop (pegtop n. 1b) made of boxwood. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > peg-top casting-top1657 peerya1722 pegtop1747 peg1766 boxer1840 pegging-top1899 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 85 I'll give you my two pegs for your boxer. 1869 Boy's Bk. Sports, Games, Exercises, & Pursuits 61 Who will refuse him a game at Peg in the Ring, though their own trumpery tops are of mere beech, and with cast-iron pegs, which, encountering the sturdy ‘boxer’, may fly like glass. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic 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. 1952 Sussex County Mag. May 247/2 There was introduced during my top-spinning days a giant peg-top known as a boxer. Few, however, could spin these effectively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). boxern.⁴ Brit. /ˈbɒksə/, U.S. /ˈbɑksər/, Australian English /ˈbɔksə/, New Zealand English /ˈbɒksə/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box hat n. at box n.² Compounds 6, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < box (in box hat n. at box n.² Compounds 6, although this is first attested slightly later) + -er suffix¹. 1. Australian and New Zealand. A bowler or billycock hat. Also as a modifier, esp. in boxer hat. Now rare and chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > bowler hat pot hat1580 hard hat1845 plug hat1860 bowler1861 billycock1862 boxer1863 bullycock1865 Christy1869 Christy stiff1882 hard hitter1883 pea-dodgera1914 blocker1934 dut1939 bun hat1941 1863 E. R. Chudleigh Diary 27 Jan. (1950) 74 Started Mr and Mrs Acland and their belongings in their carriage. Mrs Harper and son in boxers. 1897 Argus (Melbourne) 9 Jan. 14/2 And will you wear a boxer that is in a battered state? 1904 Westm. 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. 1911 E. Dyson Benno & some Push iii. 39 Somebody knocked his boxer from its peg, and walked in it. 1955 Jerilderie (New S. Wales) Herald & Urana Advertiser 14 July He generally wears a black boxer hat and carries an umbrella. 1976 F. Jones Not by Myself v. 20 Bosses from foreman up wore hard boxer hats. 2. English regional. A tall hat. Now rare. ΚΠ 1877 Legends Dial. Gloucs. 51 Twur genelmen wi' boxers on. 1884 H. D. Rawnsley in Trans. Wordsworth Soc. 6 163 Wearing a big wideawake, or a bit of an old boxer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boxern.⁵ Brit. /ˈbɒksə/, U.S. /ˈbɑksər/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Boxer. Etymology: < German Boxer, denoting the dog breed (1895 or earlier), short for Boxerhund (1842 or earlier) < a first element of uncertain origin, perhaps Boxer boxer n.² (on account of the dog's presumed pugnacious nature and facial appearance) + Hund hound n.¹ A breed of medium-sized dog of the bulldog type, developed in Germany and having a stocky muscular body, a broad blunt muzzle, and a short smooth coat that is typically fawn or brindle with white markings. Also: a dog of this breed. Also as a modifier, esp. in boxer dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > bulldog bulldog?1518 bull-bitch1681 bull1827 bull-pup1883 French bulldog1893 boxer1903 1903 Dog Fancier Nov. 13/1 Rose of Graudenz, the German Boxer bitch, whelped September 5th, six puppies... This is the second Boxer litter whelped in America. 1937 Country Life 19 June p. xxix (advt.) Boxer dogs. A few well-bred puppies of this ancient and rare breed for sale. 1940 E. Paul Mayhem in B-flat ii. 22 The Boxer wrinkled his forehead at the terrified little man in blue denims and passed majestically on without even sniffing. 1992 Dogs Today Dec. 43/4 A Boxer will quite happily chomp through furniture, electric cables and slippers when they are bored and lonely. 2008 Guardian 12 Apr. (Money section) 2/2 The Missing Pets Bureau reckons felines such as Siamese, Persian and Burmese are top for cat-nappers, while dog thieves go for boxers and spaniels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1546n.²1672n.³1840n.⁴1863n.⁵1903
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