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Queensberry rules

Queensberry rules proper noun: a code of rules governing professional and amateur boxing, published in 1867 and endorsed by the ninth Marquess of Queensberry.

Proper noun

Queensberry rules

  1. A code of rules governing professional and amateur boxing, published in 1867 and endorsed by the ninth Marquess of Queensberry.
    Synonyms:
    Marquess of Queensberry Rules, Marquess of Queensbury rules, Marquis of Queensberry rules, Marquis of Queensbury Rules

Synonyms of Queensberry rules

Forms of Queensberry rules

alternative formQueensberry Rules
alternative formQueensbury Rules
alternative formQueensbury rules

Origin of Queensberry rules

Queensberry + rule. Named after Scottish nobleman John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

Words formed from Queensberry rules

Questions about Queensberry rules

What does Queensberry rules mean?
Queensberry rules means a code of rules governing professional and amateur boxing, published in 1867 and endorsed by the ninth Marquess of Queensberry.
What part of speech is Queensberry rules?
Queensberry rules is a proper noun.

Words near Queensberry rules in the dictionary

  1. Queens Village
  2. Queens'
  3. queens-consort
  4. queens-consorts
  5. Queensberry
  6. Queensberry rules
  7. Queensbury
  8. Queenscliff
  9. Queensferry
  10. queenship
  11. queenships

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