Strongman

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.

    "Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the famous Egyptian archeologist, who was a man of gigantic stature, began his public career as a strongman at the Bartholomew Fair, under the management of Gyngell, the conjuror, who dubbed him The Young Hercules."

  2. 2
    a male powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence wordnet
  3. 3
    A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

    "Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is perilous. Since the Cold War’s end, a staggering 70 percent of governments headed by strongmen collapsed after the ruler departed, according to one data set."

  4. 4
    a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus wordnet

Etymology

From strong + -man.

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