Definition of Prizefighter

1. Noun. A professional boxer.


Definition of Prizefighter

1. Noun. A professional boxer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prizefighter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prizefighter

privy(p)
privy council
privy councils
privy purse
privy seal
prix fixe
prizable
prize
prize-taking
prize-winning
prize money
prize ring
prize winner
prized
prizefight
prizefighter
prizefighters
prizefighting
prizefightings
prizefights
prizeless
prizelike
prizeman
prizemen
prizemoney
prizer
prizers
prizes
prizewinner
prizewinners

Literary usage of Prizefighter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill (1908)
"James Belcher The Prizefighter of Bristol, after Allingham, by E. Clint, ... Daniel Mendoza A Prizefighter, by Gillray. Dutch Sam A Prizefighter, ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... McAuley —The Story of His Life Told by Himself —Born in a New York Slum — A Loafer by Day and a River Thief by Night — Prizefighter, Drunkard, Blackleg, ..."

3. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... Jerry McAuley — The Story of His Life Told by Himself — Born in a New York Slum — A Loafer by Day and a River Thief by Night — Prizefighter, Drunkard, ..."

4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"Prizefighter, prl'ze-flt-ur.-f. One that fights publickly for a reward. PROBABILITY, prob-a-bil'-it-ff Likelihood, appearance of truth, evidence anfing from ..."

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