Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a secret society in China that unsuccessfully attempted in 1900 to drive foreigners from the country by violence and force Chinese Christians to renounce their religion.
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- proper noun A Chinese anti-
imperial and anti-foreigner rebel of the early 1900s.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And many people I've talked to said, yes, Barbara Boxer is arrogant, and we've had enough of Barbara Boxer.
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And many people I've talked to said, yes, Barbara Boxer is arrogant, and we've had enough of Barbara Boxer.
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Folks, Barbara Boxer is a champion for California, for individuals with a disability, and for all who see hope in stem cell research.
Don C. Reed: Boxer vs. Fiorina: Friends and Foes of Stem Cell Research and the Disability Community Don C. Reed 2010
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And many people I've talked to said, yes, Barbara Boxer is arrogant, and we've had enough of Barbara Boxer.
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Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, the most anti-defense Senator in the U.S. Senate today.
Senatorial Courtesy Has Its Limits John Fund 2010
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She said she was focused on trying to defeat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer by highlighting what she describes as Boxer's antibusiness policies.
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Barbara Boxer is asking for an opinion on impeachment from John Dean.
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The name Boxer is cleverly used by Orwell as a metaphor for the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century.
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ANGRY SPIRIT POSSESSING BODY OF WAR HERO WON'T RENOUNCE BARBARA BOXER COMMENTS - Asked on Good Morning America today whether he regretted his statement this weekend that Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, anti-defense Senator in the United States Senate today.
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 19TH, 2010 Eliot Nelson 2010
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Barbara Boxer is unbeatable ... she is for the common people ...
Fiorina: Obama might have to 'eat his words' on health reform 2009
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