pugilist
Meanings
Plural: pugilists
Noun
- someone who fights with his fists for sport
- One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin pugil (“boxer”) + -ist, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare contemporary pugilism (“boxing”) (1791).
Scrabble Score: 11
pugilist is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpugilist is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pugilist is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
pugilist is a valid Words With Friends word