n.1 a person who practises boxing, esp. for sport.
2 a a medium-size dog of a breed with a smooth brown coat and puglike face. b this breed.
Phrases and idioms:
boxer shorts men's underpants similar to shorts worn in boxing, with a shallow curved slit at each side. Boxer - n. hist. a member of a fiercely nationalistic Chinese secret society that flourished in the 19th c.
Etymology: transl. of Chin. i ho chuan, lit. 'righteous harmony fists'