"boxers" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} boxers
  1. plural of boxer Tags: form-of, plural Form of: boxer
    Sense id: en-boxers-en-noun-3K-JQ~n7

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} boxers pl (plural only)
  1. (informal) Boxer shorts. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Underwear Related terms: briefs, midways, trunks, bikinis
    Sense id: en-boxers-en-noun-BPL7Ms~s Disambiguation of Underwear: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 13 87

Inflected forms

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