as in boxer
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
a prizefighter who is generally acknowledged to be one of the ring's most dangerous men
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The prizefighter of the ocean: stout, surly and stubborn.
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Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024
And then New York ended the series an evening later, on a tenth-inning homer by Soto, whose numerous baseball talents include a prizefighter’s swaggering eagerness to shuffle and then pounce.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Nowhere is that bond stronger than with hip-hop, with prizefighters walking out to the ring with their favorite artists, rap verses referencing greats of the sport, and boxers dropping albums of their own.
—Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
The pair got carried away in their conversation and forgot about the heavyweight prizefighter standing with them.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 12 July 2024
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Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024
And then New York ended the series an evening later, on a tenth-inning homer by Soto, whose numerous baseball talents include a prizefighter’s swaggering eagerness to shuffle and then pounce.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Nowhere is that bond stronger than with hip-hop, with prizefighters walking out to the ring with their favorite artists, rap verses referencing greats of the sport, and boxers dropping albums of their own.
—Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
The pair got carried away in their conversation and forgot about the heavyweight prizefighter standing with them.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prizefighter
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To get there, Engine Room VR recruited amateur and professional boxers, including British heavyweight Johnny Fisher, to act as ambassadors and consultants.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Musk's breakup with the administration has been public and is well-documented, with Trump and the Tesla CEO trading calculated jabs like pro boxers.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In the last decade or so, the prevalent strain is fighters not merely driven by their fathers but actually trained by them.—
Mark Kriegel
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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The Netherlands has provided key arms to Kyiv, including F-16 fighter jets.—
Mike Corder,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Prizefighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prizefighter. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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