Strongman Definition

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strongmen
noun
A powerful, influential political figure who exercises leadership and control by force.
American Heritage
One who performs feats of strength, as in a circus.
Webster's New World
One who rules a country with absolute power; dictator.
Webster's New World

A man who competes in contests of physical strength.

Wiktionary

A forceful or brutal person, usually applied to a ruler or tyrant.

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Noun

Singular:
strongman
Plural:
strongmen

Strongman Sentence Examples

  • The first is that getting rid of the Iraqi strongman is necessary to take the war against terrorism to its next phase.

  • Like Decius, Diocletian was a military strongman, a religious conservative who wished to use religion to unite the empire.

  • Henry Hall the Blacksmith The local strongman played his part with a bill covering his work from late July to early August 1838.

  • One of Jet Li's biggest opponents in Fearless is a character called Hercules O'Brien, played by former world strongman Nathan Jones.

  • Ibrahim worked as a porter, singer, drummer, circus strongman and shoe shine.

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