boxer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boxer	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for boxer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boxer n someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: boxer, pugilist] a workman employed to pack things into containers Synonym(s): packer, bagger, boxer a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boxer \Box"er\, n. 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 [bd]League of United Patriots[b8] and [bd]Great Knife [or Sword] Society,[b8] have been given as the Chinese name of the organization; why the members were called Boxers is uncertain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boxer \Box"er\ (b[ocr]ks"[etil]r), n. One who packs boxes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boxer \Box"er\, n. One who boxes; a pugilist.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Boxer 1. A {visual language} by Hal Abelson and Andy diSessa of Berkeley which claims to be the successor to {Logo}. Boxes are used to represent {scope}. 2. A {text editor} for {MS-DOS} and {Microsoft Windows}. {Home (http://www.boxersoftware.com/users/dhamel)}. (2001-04-30)