Box"er (?), n.
One who packs boxes.
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Box"er, n.
One who boxes; a pugilist.
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Box"er, n.
A member of a powerful
Chinese organization which committed numerous outrages on Europeans
and Christian converts in the uprising against foreigners in 1900.
Various names, as "League of United Patriots" and "Great Knife [or
Sword] Society," have been given as the Chinese name of the
organization; why the members were called Boxers is
uncertain.
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