PRIZEFIGHTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prizefighter mean? 

• PRIZEFIGHTER (noun)
  The noun PRIZEFIGHTER has 1 sense:

1. a professional boxer

  Familiarity information: PRIZEFIGHTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIZEFIGHTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional boxer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gladiator; prizefighter

Hypernyms ("prizefighter" is a kind of...):

boxer; pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prizefighter"):

featherweight (a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds)

heavyweight (a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds)

cruiserweight; light heavyweight (a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds)

lightweight (a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds)

middleweight (a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds)

welterweight (a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds)

Instance hyponyms:

Ali; Cassius Clay; Cassius Marcellus Clay; Muhammad Ali (United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942))

Corbett; Gentleman Jim; James John Corbett; Jim Corbett (United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933))

Dempsey; Jack Dempsey; Manassa Mauler; William Harrison Dempsey (United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983))

Charles Liston; Liston; Sonny Liston (United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970))

Joe Louis; Joseph Louis Barrow; Louis (United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981))

Marciano; Rocco Marciano; Rocky Marciano (United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969))

Ray Robinson; Robinson; Sugar Ray Robinson; Walker Smith (United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989))

Gene Tunney; James Joseph Tunney; Tunney (United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978))

Michael Gerald Tyson; Mike Tyson; Tyson (United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966))

Derivation:

prizefight (box for a prize or money)

 Context examples 

The prizefighter was hastening towards us as fast as his bulk would allow.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For answer the huge prizefighter looked meaningly at the valet.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It’s Warr, the prizefighter, sir,” said I.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The prizefighter smiled an affirmative.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)