pugilist

• And these the big, burly man--who, from his somewhat "loud" costume, might be taken for a pugilist or a doubtful frequenter of race courses--seemed determined to have. —  In Search of El Dorado
• He set himself square like a pugilist, which was his notion of resistance. —  Phoebe, Junior
• Is it not for all the world as if some brawny pugilist, aglow in December, should rush in and put out a hospital-fire, because, forsooth, he feeling no need of artificial heat, the shivering patients shall have none? —  The Confidence-Man
• What was the past of this Trevor: pugilist, traveller, and gold-digger; and how had he placed himself in the power of this acid-faced seaman? —  The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
• The shock sent the schooner staggering back like a pugilist with a "blimmer" between the eyes. —  Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'

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