Boxer Rebellion

English

Etymology

Boxer +‎ rebellion. Boxer refers to 義和拳／义和拳 (Yìhéquán, literally “Righteous and Harmonious Fists”), the martial arts practiced by the rebels.

Proper noun

Boxer Rebellion

1. A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901.
   • 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story‎^[1], Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, pages 113–114:

     Young Major Leonard, with only one arm (the other lost during the Boxer rebellion in China), Mr. John Lodge and a charming young Italian named Gherardesca, and many others, made these visits stand out in my memory.

   • 1991, Thomas Lawton, A Time of Transition: Two Collectors of Chinese Art‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63:

     According to one published account, said to be based on information provided by foreign missionaries in Chungking, whose reaction may have been influenced by the excesses of the Boxer Rebellion just a few years earlier, Tuan-fang was killed by his own soldiers at Tzu-chou, Shensi province.

Translations

violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 義和團運動／义和团运动 (zh) (Yìhétuán Yùndòng)

• Hungarian: bokszerlázadás
• Vietnamese: phong trào Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn, khởi nghĩa Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn