Explore Pugilist through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like boxer or combatant. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pugilist meaning
- One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another.
Using Pugilist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer. | One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another.
- Useful related words include: boxer, combatant, battler, belligerent.
Context around Pugilist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pugilist
- In this selection, "pugilist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, alegrian, juvenile, imane, joseph and skillfully stand out and add context to how "pugilist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a celebrated pugilist the art and and alegrian pugilist imane khelif. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pugilist" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pugilist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the Japanese pugilist skillfully avoided taking big blows from his opponent and landed counter punches to prevail on the score sheets. (22 words)
The Taiwanese boxer and Alegrian pugilist Imane Khelif are the only two 'biological male' boxers to win medals in the history of the Olympics. (24 words)
Magic Knight has Heavy Rush, which can deal medium pierce damage, while Pugilist does the same with Power Thrust but also lowers the enemy’s defense. (26 words)
Casseux's pupil Charles Lecour was exposed to the English art of boxing when he witnessed an English boxing match in France between English pugilist Owen Swift and Jack Adams in 1838. (32 words)
The entourage talked up their pugilist during a press conference at the Palace building up to the fight about how his superior age (40) would be decisive come fight night. (30 words)
However, this was considered "unmanly" Anonymous ("A Celebrated Pugilist"), The Art and Practice of Boxing, 1825 and was frequently disallowed by additional rules negotiated by the Seconds of the Boxers. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Magic Knight has Heavy Rush, which can deal medium pierce damage, while Pugilist does the same with Power Thrust but also lowers the enemy’s defense.
Maiyegun’s death was confirmed on Monday in a Facebook post by Rudolfine F Soultan, who is believed to be a confidante of the late former pugilist.
The Taiwanese boxer and Alegrian pugilist Imane Khelif are the only two 'biological male' boxers to win medals in the history of the Olympics.
US based Ghanaian juvenile pugilist Joseph Awinonga Jnr. as part of efforts to support other young talents on Thursday donated boxing equipment and cash to two boxers in Accra.
The entourage talked up their pugilist during a press conference at the Palace building up to the fight about how his superior age (40) would be decisive come fight night.
The pugilist from Manipur said she also drew inspiration from action movies of Jackie Chan as well as fight sequences of Bollywood films starring Akshay Kumar and others initially.
But the Japanese pugilist skillfully avoided taking big blows from his opponent and landed counter punches to prevail on the score sheets.
Casseux's pupil Charles Lecour was exposed to the English art of boxing when he witnessed an English boxing match in France between English pugilist Owen Swift and Jack Adams in 1838.
However, this was considered "unmanly" Anonymous ("A Celebrated Pugilist"), The Art and Practice of Boxing, 1825 and was frequently disallowed by additional rules negotiated by the Seconds of the Boxers.