"boxer shorts" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boxer-short [attributive], boxer short [attributive]
Etymology: Named after the shorts worn by those who engage in boxing, as their elasticity is comparable to that of what boxers must wear for unhindered leg movement (footwork). Etymology templates: {{m|en|footwork}} footwork Head templates: {{en-noun|p|attr=boxer-short|attr2=boxer short}} boxer shorts pl (plural only, attributive boxer-short or boxer short)
  1. Shorts worn as underwear by men. Wikipedia link: boxer shorts Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Underwear Synonyms: boxer short [uncommon] Derived forms: boxers, boxer briefs Translations (underwear): bokserbroek (Afrikaans), سِروال (sirwāl) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), بوكسر (bōksar) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), 平角褲 (Chinese Mandarin), 平角裤 (píngjiǎokù) (Chinese Mandarin), 四角褲 (Chinese Mandarin), 四角裤 (sìjiǎokù) (Chinese Mandarin), boxerky [feminine, plural] (Czech), boxershort [masculine] (Dutch), boxer [masculine] (Dutch), bokserit [plural] (Finnish), caleçon [masculine] (French), bóxer [masculine] (Galician), Boxershorts [feminine] (German), fobhríste dornálaí [masculine] (Irish), boxeurs [masculine, plural] (Norman), bokserki [nonvirile] (Polish), samba-canção [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), boxers [Portugal, masculine, plural] (Portuguese), kăl sŏng (Rade), семе́йные (seméjnyje) [plural] (Russian), бо̏ксерице [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), bȍkserice [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), bóxer [masculine] (Spanish), boxerkalsonger [plural] (Swedish), boxershorts (Swedish), boxer [common-gender, plural, singular] (Swedish), baksır (Turkish), paçalı don (Turkish)

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