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English
Etymology
strong + -man
Noun
strongman (plural strongmen)
- Someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus.
1920, Harry Houdini, chapter 11, in Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: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.
- A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.
2022 January 7, Max Fisher, “Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: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.
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forceful or brutal person
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