Pugilist: alternatives and connections

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to…

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Waging war; carrying on war.

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Contending; disposed to contend.

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One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

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Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public am…

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One who, or that which, punches.

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One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.

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One who packs boxes.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.