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# pugilist

«pugilist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pugilists)

### meaning for a pupil

A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a famous fighter who is skilled at boxing, often named with other sporting heroes

### examples

- The pugilist won every fight in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/#x1)
- Pollux was the first of the pugilists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/#x2)
- The young pugilist trained every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pugilist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.