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# pugilist

noun (pugilists)

«pugilist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pugilist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pugilist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pugilist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pugilist.html) on Mova free.