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Prizefight
Definitions
- 1 A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
"“Regrettable though it may be, fighting is a basic human interest and previous attempts to outlaw professional boxers in other countries have failed to stamp out illegal prizefights,” the paper said in an editorial."
- 2 a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize wordnet
- 1 box for a prize or money wordnet
Etymology
From prize + fight – the term prize originally referred to rank advancement, not a monetary prize. Based on Renaissance English Prize Playing (16th century) within the Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence [sic] – public rank advancement fights within the organization, wherein the “prize” was rank advancement. The company later became defunct, while the term was revived in late 17th century for public shows of street fighters, which eventually developed into modern boxing. In modern times, reinterpreted to mean “a fight for a (monetary) prize”.
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