pugilist
拳闘士
解説 Definition
ボクシングや拳闘を職業とする人。拳を使って他者と戦う競技者。
A pugilist is a boxer, especially in formal, literary, or old-fashioned English. It refers to someone who fights with fists as a sport or profession. The word is not common in everyday conversation, where boxer is more usual.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日常語の boxer より硬く、新聞や文学で「拳で戦う人」を改まって言う語。語尾の -ist は artist, pianist と同じく「その分野の人」なので、「pugil- を見たら格闘・ボクシング系」とひとまとめにすると残りやすい。特に boxer と並べて、boxer は普通語、pugilist は文語的で重い語感、と差で覚えるとよい。pugilism も一緒に見ると、人物名と競技名のセットで記憶が固まる。
Notice the ending `-ist`, like in `artist` or `pianist`: it means a person connected with something. So a `pugilist` is a person in fighting, especially boxing. Remember the contrast: `boxer` is the normal everyday word, while `pugilist` sounds more formal and literary.
例文
The pugilist trained rigorously for the championship bout.
拳闘士はチャンピオンシップ戦に向けて厳しく鍛錬した。
Many famous pugilists rose from humble beginnings.
多くの有名な拳闘士は貧しい出身から成功した。
The pugilist's record showed thirty wins and five losses.
拳闘士の記録は30勝5敗を示していた。
pugilist の類義語・関連語
pugilist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pugilist はラテン語 pugil「拳闘士」由来で、さらに pugnus「こぶし」とつながります。-ist は「人」を表すので、語全体で「拳を使う人」つまり拳闘士。関連語は pugilism、pugnacious。
Pugilist comes from Latin pugil, meaning "boxer" or "fighter with the fists." That word is linked to pugnus, meaning "fist," and the ending -ist was added in English to mean "a person." The word originally pointed to someone who fights with fists, and related English words include pugilism and pugnacious.
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