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boxer

/bɔk.sɛʁ/

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noun, masculine/bɔk.sɛʁ/plural: boxers

boxer (dog)

From German Boxer.

noun, masculine/bɔk.sɛʁ/plural: boxers

boxer shorts; boxer engine

Borrowed from English boxer. The sense "boxer shorts" is a pseudo-anglicism, derived from the English boxer shorts; note that while boxer does exist in English to refer to boxer shorts, it only exists as an attributive in front of other nouns, and cannot function as a standalone noun.

verb/bɔk.se/

to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Adapted borrowing of English box + -er.