English > pugilist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who fights with his fists for sport. |
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| Synonym | boxer |
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| Narrower | bantamweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds |
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| featherweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds |
| flyweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds |
| heavyweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds |
| junior featherweight | weighs no more than 122 pounds |
| junior lightweight | weighs no more than 130 pounds |
| junior middleweight | weighs no more than 154 pounds |
| junior welterweight | weighs no more than 140 pounds |
| light flyweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds |
| light heavyweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds |
| light middleweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds |
| light welterweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds |
| lightweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds |
| middleweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds |
| prizefighter, gladiator | A professional boxer |
| puncher | someone who delivers punches |
| slugger, slogger | A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches |
| sparring partner, sparring mate | A boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight |
| stumblebum, palooka | A second-rate prize fighter |
| super heavyweight | An amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds |
| welterweight | An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds |
| Broader | combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper | someone who fights (or is fighting) |
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| Spanish | boxeadora, boxeador, pugilista, púgil |
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| Catalan | boxador, boxejador, pugilista, púgil |
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| Adjectives | pugilistic | of or relating to pugilism or pugilists |
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| Nouns | pugilism | fighting with the fists |
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