Karateman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male practitioner of karate.

    "A good, tough street fighter, he insisted, could always beat a karateman, especially an Asian, because Asians were smaller, thinner, and just basically couldn't stand up to a big, tough, American street brawler."

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"A good, tough street fighter, he insisted, could always beat a karateman, especially an Asian, because Asians were smaller, thinner, and just basically couldn't stand up to a big, tough, American street brawler."

Etymology

From karate + -man.

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