noun
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Someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus.
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A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.
Examples of strongman in a Sentence
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.
One of Jet Li 's biggest opponents in Fearless is a character called Hercules O'Brien, played by former world strongman Nathan Jones.