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Definition of Boxers
1. Noun. Underpants worn by men.
Generic synonyms: Underpants
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Boxers
1. Noun. (plural of boxer) ¹
2. Noun. (informal plurale tantum) A pair of boxer shorts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boxers
1. boxer [n] - See also: boxer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boxers
Literary usage of Boxers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oversight of the Professional Boxing Industry: Hearing Before the Committee edited by John McCain (2000)
"I will talk to one of my young boxers, who is about to receive a fairly healthy
... Most professional boxers I have worked with come from disadvantaged ..."
2. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"Marching incessantly day and night, followed by a swarm of boxers, whom they just
managed to keep at bay, with no food except grass and the water of marshes ..."
3. China: Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom"-- a Study of Its by James Harrison Wilson (1901)
"... back—Attacked by boxers—Capture of Siku arsenal—Murder of Japanese
chancellor—Incendiary fires—Destruction of Hanlin College and customs compound—boxers ..."
4. The Great Empress Dowager of China by Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1911)
"CHAPTER XV THE EMPRESS AND THE boxers the useful term "boxers," applied to the
great society which made the attempt in 1900 to free China from the obnoxious ..."
5. The Siege in Peking: China Against the World by William Alexander Parsons, Martin (1900)
"... THE boxers AND THEIR ALLIES Those boxers are not, as represented, a new body
called into existence by the missionary work in China. ..."
6. The China Martyrs of 1900: A Complete Roll of the Christian Heros Martyred by Robert Coventry Forsyth (1904)
"The awestruck whisper went abroad that the boxers had come. ... In a few days
black posters were out, and the boxers were drilling their recruits. ..."
7. Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission: With a Record of the by Marshall Broomhall (1901)
"CAPTURED BY THE boxers By Mr. CHARLES GREEN "A thousand shall fall at tby side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thcu. ..."
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