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pugilist (s) (noun), pugilists (pl)
1. Someone who practices the art of boxing: Lance was a professional fighter, or a pugilist, and studied his opponent carefully first before the first round started.
2. A boxer, a fighter, used in a figurative sense: A pugilist can be a vigorous controversialist, or a person who likes to disagree with other people and say things that make them angry.
This entry is located in the following units: -ist (page 55) pugn-, pug-, pugil- (page 1) pung-, punc-, punct- (page 5)