pugilist

From Latin pugil (“boxer”) +‎ -ist, related to pugnus (“fist”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare contemporary pugilism (“boxing”) (1791).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuː.d͡ʒəlɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpju(ː).d͡ʒəlɪst/

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pugilist (plural pugilists)

1. One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer. [from 1790]

   Synonym: (informal) pug

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

     I laugh and hoot at ye, ye cricket-players, ye pugilists, ye deaf Burkes and blind Bendigoes!

   • 2018, Alan Burdick, “Science has Resolved the Question of Boxers vs. Briefs”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.

• pugilistic

• pugilism
• pugnacious

Borrowed from French pugiliste.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpy.ɣiˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: pu‧gi‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

pugilist m (plural pugilisten, feminine pugiliste)

1. pugilist, boxer, fistfighter

   Synonyms: bokser, vuistvechter

• pugiliste
• pugilistiek
• pugilistisch

• pugilisme

Borrowed from French pugiliste.

• IPA^(key): /pu.d͡ʒiˈlist/

pugilist m (plural pugiliști, feminine equivalent pugilistă)

1. pugilist, boxer (participant in a boxing match)

   Synonym: boxer

• pugila
• pugilat
• pugilism
• pugilistic
• pugilistică

• pugilist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)