noun
Meaning 1
A bodyguard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
muscleman
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noun
Meaning 2
A man with developed muscles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
noun
Meaning 4
a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muscle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
History
Etymology
From muscle + man.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: асілак (asilak) — man with developed muscles
- Belarusian: мацак (macak) — man with developed muscles
- Chinese Mandarin: 肌肉男 (jīròunán) — man with developed muscles
- Czech: svalovec — man with developed muscles
- Finnish: muskelimies — man with developed muscles
- French: armoire à glace — man with developed muscles
- French: musclor — man with developed muscles
- Hungarian: izomember — man with developed muscles
- Russian: сила́ч (siláč) — man with developed muscles
- Russian: громи́ла (gromíla) — man with developed muscles
- Russian: шкаф (škaf) — man with developed muscles
- Russian: качок (kačok) — man with developed muscles
- Spanish: hombre musculoso — man with developed muscles