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PUGILIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who fights with his fists for sport

Synonyms:

boxer; pugilist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pugilist" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pugilist"):

welterweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds)

super heavyweight (an amateur boxer who weighs more than 201 pounds)

palooka; stumblebum (a second-rate prize fighter)

sparring mate; sparring partner (a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight)

puncher (someone who delivers punches)

gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)

middleweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds)

light welterweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds)

lightweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds)

light middleweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds)

light heavyweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 179 pounds)

light flyweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds)

junior welterweight (weighs no more than 140 pounds)

junior middleweight (weighs no more than 154 pounds)

junior lightweight (weighs no more than 130 pounds)

junior featherweight (weighs no more than 122 pounds)

heavyweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds)

flyweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds)

featherweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds)

slogger; slugger (a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches)

bantamweight (an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds)

Derivation:

pugilism (fighting with the fists)

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