Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Boxer \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.

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

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

Source : WordNet®

boxer
     n 1: someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: {pugilist}]
     2: a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn: {packer},
         {bagger}]
     3: a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led
        an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign
        interests in China
     4: a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a
        brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Boxer
     
        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}.
     
        {Home (http://www.boxersoftware.com/users/dhamel)}.
     
        (2001-04-30)