Boxer Rebellion en · PROPN
Etymology
From Boxer + rebellion. Boxer refers to 義和拳 /义和拳 (Yìhéquán, literally “Righteous and Harmonious Fists”), the martial arts practiced by the rebels.
Meanings
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A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901.
Young Major Leonard, with only one arm (the other lost during the Boxer rebellion in China), Mr. John Lodge and a charming young Italian named Gherardesca, and many others, made these visits stand out in my memory.
1937, Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, pages 113–114:According to one published account, said to be based on information provided by foreign missionaries in Chungking, whose reaction may have been influenced by the excesses of the Boxer Rebellion just a few years earlier, Tuan-fang was killed by his own soldiers at Tzu-chou, Shensi province.
1991, Thomas Lawton, A Time of Transition: Two Collectors of Chinese Art, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63:
Translations (5)
cmn 義和團運動 /义和团运动 (violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901) · vi khởi nghĩa Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn (violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901) · hu bokszerlázadás (violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901) · vi phong trào Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn (violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901) · cmn 拳亂 /拳乱 (violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901)