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prizefighter en · NOUN

Etymology

From prize + fighter or prizefight + -er (“person, agent”). See prizefight for sense development.

Meanings

1. A professional boxer.
   • “Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson. 1977 December 16, Hilton Kramer, “Art: Requiem For a Heavyweight”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2024:
   • The Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, the Brooklyn gym that is the center of Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen's wrenching documentary "On the Ropes," is much more than a neighborhood training facility for aspiring prizefighters. 1999 August 18, Stephen Holden, “FILM REVIEW; For Three Aspiring Prizefighters, the Prize Is Hope”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2023:

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Relateds

prizefight · prizing · prizefighting