muscleman

See also: muscle man

English

Alternative forms

• muscle man

Etymology

From muscle +‎ man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

muscleman (plural musclemen)

1. A bodyguard.
   • 2001, Mick Lewis, chapter 14, in Rags, page 158:

     And here comes the princess now, stepping from her limousine, flanked by musclemen, caught in a fusillade of clicking cameras.

2. (bodybuilding) A man with developed muscles.

Translations

bodyguard — see bodyguard

man with developed muscles

• Belarusian: асілак m (asilak), мацак m (macak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肌はだ肉にく男おとこ (jīròunán)

• Czech: svalovec (cs) m
• Finnish: muskelimies (fi)
• French: armoire à glace (fr) f, musclor (fr)
• Hungarian: izomember (hu)
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• Russian: сила́ч (ru) m (siláč), громи́ла (ru) m (gromíla), шкаф (ru) m (škaf) (jocular), качок (ru) m (kačok) (colloquial)
• Spanish: hombre musculoso m