According to the OED, a pugilist is one who practices the art of boxing -- a boxer or a fighter. From Wordnik.com. [Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England'] Reference
The pugilist boxes his man before he lays him out. From Wordnik.com. [The New Pun Book] Reference
Don't know the play of our pugilist system, "Pet,". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891] Reference
They recognized a skilled pugilist when they saw one. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
The great pugilist was superstitious and fond of lobster. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
(And if you're going to be a pugilist you better be a poet.). From Wordnik.com. [Behind Enemy Lines] Reference
Barclay family which produced the apologist and the pugilist. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
"Y'see, it's this way," the ex-pugilist had explained earnestly. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
Our "CROSSFIRE" pugilist, Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson sound off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2003] Reference
No pugilist or fencing-master could have parried a blow more neatly. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
Corbett, the pugilist; that kindly-faced, handsome one, going into Tom. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
A "Champion" pugilist is even more presumptuous than a popular Pill. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891] Reference
His flare of anger had passed, and now he was fighting like a clever pugilist. From Wordnik.com. [The Brand of Silence A Detective Story] Reference
Meantime, the other regulars were gazing upon the pugilist with surprised interest. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
The tone of his voice had a sobering effect and the amateur pugilist ceased manoeuvring. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
"I said a pugilist, did I not?" said Lady Caroline, smiling, and putting up her eye-glass. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The retired pugilist looked me over dubiously, no doubt caught on the possible meanings of. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
"So if I want to drill him, I can drill him," said Mr. Turner, the Jets 'resident pugilist. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Rob Turner] Reference
Now Tonya Harding is ancient history, a fledgling pugilist getting her mug pasted in the ring. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Problem With Figure Skating] Reference
"All sorts and conditions of men" are represented, from the college professor to the ex-pugilist. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country] Reference
He plays Randy “the Ram” Robinson, a washed-up pugilist who was once a draw on the fight circuit. From Wordnik.com. [Art, Meet Life] Reference
I was not a pugilist, per se, though I probably scared a couple into saying things from another room. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Riffs Interview: Artist JOHN ROMITA JR. talks family business, Big Daddies & the 'Kick-Ass' sequel] Reference
Unlike some of his pugilist colleagues, he has passionate interests that stretch far beyond the arena. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Marino: Finally, Something to Cheer About in Boxing: Marquez-Diaz II] Reference
Barney McCaffery, of Hazleton, Penna., a professional pugilist, was the pride of the battery in the ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
"No; of Wobbler the pedestrian, who was once a pugilist, and who has been giving boxing lessons at Slam's.". From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
In the language of the prize ring, the pugilist who lies down while he can yet stand and see is called a "quitter.". From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
There is a hairy, high-nosed, broken-down nondescript, in appearance something between a horse-dealer and a pugilist. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
John Morrissey, the pugilist and congressman, declared that Dix could not poll twenty thousand votes in New York City. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Billy Blain, pugilist, appeared under the pen-name of Walter Gait, beginning with the February 1912 issue of Adventure. From Wordnik.com. [Materials Toward a Bibliography of the Works of Talbot Mundy] Reference
(The answer is, of course, Rahman, WBA and IBF titles, and that other well-known pugilist John Ruiz, who has the WBC crown.). From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Go Ahead, Name The Two Heavyweight Champs] Reference
The pugilist, tall and majestic, and proud of his numerous scars, was telling of foreign, domestic, and all kinds of Homeric wars. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
The momentum of the swing of his arm drew his head down and with a quick slashing movement, like a pugilist chopping with his fist. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
“I have,” the pugilist told him while maintaining his fists-up, wrists-bent, elbows-cocked stance, one foot in front of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
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