‘A boxer; one that buffets’ (Johnson).

A person who fights with the fists; a boxer, pugilist.

One who cuffs; a boxer, fighter.

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…

A practitioner of the art of boxing; a boxer, a fighter. Also figurative.

Pugilism. With epithet: One who has a particular style of ‘setting to’ or beginning the fight.

slang. A pugilist, a boxer. Formerly also: a murderer. Cf. mill, v.1 12a. Obsolete.

One who spars or boxes. Also figurative.

Originally Scottish. (Cf. carline's pet n. at carline, n.1 compounds, the examples of which are… Boxing. A favourite boxer. Chiefly in the Pet of the…

= pugilist, n. Obsolete. rare.

colloquial. One who delivers heavy blows; a pugilist, prize-fighter; a heavy blow. Also figurative.

an opponent in a boxing-match.

A person who undresses; spec. a boxer who strips for a fight. Obsolete. rare.

= pugilist, n.

A pugilist.

= slogger, n. 2. Also in Baseball, a hard-hitting batter.

A slogger.

One who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; spec. a pugilist.

a pugilist.

Chiefly U.S. A boxer.

A boxer.

A boxer, a fighter.