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Definition of pugilist - 4 dictionary results
pu⋅gi⋅list
[pyoo-juh-list] 
dʒə
–noun
| a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional. |
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| pu·gi·lism (pyōō'jə-lĭz'əm) n. The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing. [From Latin pugil, pugilist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.] pu'gi·list n., pu'gi·lis'tic adj. |
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Pugilist
Pu"gil*ist\, n. [L. pugil.] One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
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pugilist
1790, from L. pugil "boxer," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious). Pugilation "fighting with fists," now obs., is recorded from 1656.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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