pugilist

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• pugilistic

Related terms

• pugilism
• pugnacious

Translations

one who fights with their fists — see also boxer

• Arabic: مُلَاكِم m (mulākim)
• Basque: boxeolari (eu)
• Bulgarian: боксьор m (boksjor)
• Catalan: boxador m, boxejador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拳擊手／拳击手 (zh) (quánjīshǒu), 拳師／拳师 (zh) (quánshī), 拳手 (zh) (quánshǒu)

• Czech: boxer (cs) m
• Dutch: bokser (nl) m, vuistvechter m, pugilist (nl) m
• Faroese: nevaleikari m
• Finnish: nyrkkeilijä (fi)
• French: boxeur (fr) m
• Galician: boxeador m, boxeadora f
• German: Boxer (de) m, Boxerin (de) f
• Greek: πυγμάχος (el) m (pygmáchos), μποξέρ (el) m (boxér)

  Ancient: πύκτης m (púktēs)

• Hebrew: מִתְאַגְרֵף m (mitagref), מתאגרפת f (mitagrefet)
• Hungarian: bokszoló (hu), ökölvívó (hu)
• Icelandic: boxari (is) m, hnefaleikari m
• Ido: boxero (io), boxisto (io)
• Irish: dornálaí (ga) m, bacsálaí m
• Italian: pugile (it) m, boxeur (it) m
• Japanese: ボクサー (ja) (bokusā), 拳闘家 (けんとうか, kentōka)
• Kazakh: боксшы (boksşy)
• Korean: 복서 (bokseo)
• Latin: pugil
• Malay: peninju, ahli tinju
• Maori: kaimotomoto
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bokser (no) m

  Nynorsk: boksar m

• Old English: bēatere m
• Persian: بوکسور (fa) (boksor)
• Polish: bokser (pl) m, bokserka (pl) f, pięściarz (pl) m, pięściarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: boxeador (pt) m, boxeadora f, pugilista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: boxer (ro) m, boxeră f
• Russian: боксёр (ru) m (boksjór)
• Spanish: boxeador (es) m, boxeadora (es) f
• Swahili: bondia (sw)
• Thai: นักมวย (th) (nák-muai)
• Turkish: boksör (tr)
• Ukrainian: боксе́р (uk) m (boksér), боксе́рka f (boksérka)
• Welsh: paffiwr m, bocsiwr m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pugiliste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpy.ɣiˈlɪst/

• Audio:

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

Noun

pugilist m (plural pugilisten, feminine pugiliste)

1. pugilist, boxer, fistfighter

   Synonyms: bokser, vuistvechter

Derived terms

• pugiliste
• pugilistiek
• pugilistisch

Related terms

• pugilisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pugiliste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.d͡ʒiˈlist/

Noun

pugilist m (plural pugiliști, feminine equivalent pugilistă)

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

   Synonym: boxer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pugilist	pugilistul		pugiliști	pugiliștii
genitive-dative	pugilist	pugilistului		pugiliști	pugiliștilor
vocative	pugilistule			pugiliștilor

Related terms

• pugila
• pugilat
• pugilism
• pugilistic
• pugilistică

References

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