1. [n]  a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
2. [n]  someone who fights with his fists for sport
3. [n]  a workman employed to pack things into containers

1. \Box"er\ (b[o^]ks"[~e]r), n.
   One who packs boxes.
   
   

2. \Box"er\, n.
   One who boxes; a pugilist.
   
   

3. \Box"er\, n.
   A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed
   numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the
   uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as
   ``League of United Patriots'' and ``Great Knife [or Sword]
   Society,'' have been given as the Chinese name of the
   organization; why the members were called Boxers is
   uncertain.
   
   
   
   

1. A visual language by Hal Abelson and Andy diSessa of Berkeley which claims to be the successor to logo. Boxes are used to represent scope.

2. A text editor for ms-dos and microsoft windows.

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