RINGSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ringside mean? 

• RINGSIDE (noun)
  The noun RINGSIDE has 1 sense:

1. first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

  Familiarity information: RINGSIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RINGSIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

First row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ringside; ringside seat

Hypernyms ("ringside" is a kind of...):

seating; seating area; seating room; seats (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

 Context examples 

“I should advise you in any case to go to the ringside,” said Craven.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of course, I’ve been at the ringside incog. many a time, but never as the Prince of Wales.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Public opinion has gradually become opposed to it, for the reason that it came largely into the hands of rogues, and because it fostered ringside ruffianism.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To fight when they were flushed with wine and ripe for mischief—above all, to fight before so select a company with the Prince at the ringside, was a chance which did not often come in their way.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)