Prizefighter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A professional boxer.

    "“Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson."

  2. 2
    a professional boxer wordnet

Synonyms

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bantamweightblack beltboxerbrown beltbruiserchinese boxer

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"“Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson."

Etymology

From prize + fighter or prizefight + -er (“person, agent”). See prizefight for sense development.

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