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Meanings of
pugilist
in English
Portuguese
pugilista
Catalan
pugilista
Spanish
pugilista
Back to the meaning
Someone who fights with his fists for sport.
boxer
Portuguese
pugilista
Spanish
pugilato
Back to the meaning
Profession.
Related terms
profession
Spanish
pugilato
Usage of
pugilist
in English
1
At the following Kingston Assizes the victorious
pugilist
was indicted for manslaughter.
2
He had stamped on him the defiance and resolution of a
pugilist
.
3
The
pugilist
whose trainer he consented to become was sure to win.
4
I drove every yard of the way to the
pugilist
's
very door.
5
Surely a
pugilist
like yourself is not afraid to cross Wild's path?
6
Sure, the tacher ought to be something av a
pugilist
,
Oi'm thinkin'.
7
He is the cleverest
pugilist
of his weight in the country.
8
The
pugilist
had only the vaguest sense of what had happened.
9
What was it about me that drew out the
pugilist
in people today?
10
Even now the
pugilist
found that he had no light task before him.
11
No
pugilist
or fencing-master could have parried a blow more neatly.
12
And he went off, sticking his head forward like a
pugilist
.
13
Because he plays a good game of pinochle-tokeep the
pugilist
's
mind bright.
14
What the hell, that ain't no crime, not being a
pugilist
,
is it?
15
Their pages reveal in turn the poet, the philosopher, the scholar, and the
pugilist
.
16
Each out-vied the other in admiration for the supreme
pugilist
.
Other examples for "pugilist"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pugilist
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
young pugilist
professional pugilist
great pugilist
return a pugilist
amateur pugilist
More collocations
Translations for
pugilist
Portuguese
pugilista
boxer
boxeador
Catalan
pugilista
boxador
boxejador
púgil
Spanish
pugilista
boxeador
púgil
pugilato
Pugilist
through the time
Pugilist
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common