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Definition of strongman in English: strongmannounPlural strongmen ˈstrɒŋmanˈstrɔŋˌmæn 1A man of great physical strength, especially one who performs feats of strength as a form of entertainment. 大力士 a fairground scene with acrobats, a strongman, and fire-eating Example sentencesExamples - Defeating both of these strongmen garnered Sandow a contract to perform in London at the prestigious Alhambra Music Hall.
- Namibian strongman Andre du Preez will perform his feats of physical strength for one and half hours before the start of the fireworks.
- Several companies make them, and they're very popular with power-lifters, strongmen and other strength and power athletes.
- The film is based on the true story of a Jewish strongman (played by two-time world's strongest man Jouko Ahola) in Nazi Germany.
- Ivan ‘the Polish Piledriver’ Putski was a legendary strongman, famous for performing feats of strength prior to matches.
- Macdonald considers the oddball strongman a performance artist who was ‘part of our culture, our heritage.’
- Jews, they wanted to prove, could be strongmen too.
- So tiny star Istvan Toth has the perfect companions - the circus strongmen.
- After easily defeating a circus strongman for a cash prize, Zishe catches the attention of a German impresario who wants him to come to Berlin.
- Keith began his ascent in the circus, running a sideshow populated with freaks, strongmen, fortune-tellers, and other wonders.
- The real strongmen, the genuinely strongest of the strong, look different physically.
Synonyms muscleman, macho, macho man, iron man, hercules, atlas, samson, tarzan - 1.1 A leader who rules by the exercise of threats, force, or violence.
铁腕人物,独裁者 the failed coup against Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega Example sentencesExamples - That it does not have this is a sign of political immaturity and the KMT's origins in strongman rule.
- They opt for a presidential system, which tends to be a bad idea in states with traditions of strongman rule.
- Close associates of the former strongman allegedly often garnered funds from Bulog for their own businesses.
- The KMT regime relied completely on the unique characteristics of a strongman leader, emphasizing leadership over the law.
- ‘Wiranto wants a reconciliation,’ said Muladi, who was a justice minister under the 32-year rule of strongman Suharto.
- "I don't know, " he said when asked if he planned to see the Iraqi strongman.
- "Political repression by local strongmen is the principal problem, " the New York-based rights group said.
- This tiny force is completely outgunned and outnumbered by an estimated 200,000 militia fighters under the control of various local strongmen.
- Today, strongmen are no longer in place and neither is leadership.
- He has repeatedly guaranteed the former military strongman an immediate pardon were he ever to be convicted.
- He will enjoy the kind support normally offered to Panamanian strongmen and Paris Hilton's publicists.
- The cosy relationship between old political strongmen and big business is dead.
- It spurred students and workers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to oppose the military strongmen, dictators and demagogues in their countries.
- One way of escaping such dichotomies is to cease thinking about them, replacing this uncomfortable confusion with decisive rule by a strongman.
- Kunduz is the home ground of Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek strongman.
- When Suharto was Indonesia's president, the strongman's relatives and friends built business empires blessed by his favor.
- Several parts of the countryside are controlled by ‘revolutionary’ regional strongmen and their cutthroat armies.
- These forces, and the strongmen who control these private and separate armies, could well inherit the kingdom.
- The military strongman rules Taiwan until his death in 1975.
- To the Pakistani strongman, Kashmir is a matter of commitment and conviction.
Definition of strongman in US English: strongmannounˈstrɔŋˌmænˈstrôNGˌman 1A man of great physical strength, especially one who performs feats of strength as a form of entertainment. 大力士 a fairground scene with acrobats, a strongman, and fire-eating Example sentencesExamples - Macdonald considers the oddball strongman a performance artist who was ‘part of our culture, our heritage.’
- The film is based on the true story of a Jewish strongman (played by two-time world's strongest man Jouko Ahola) in Nazi Germany.
- Several companies make them, and they're very popular with power-lifters, strongmen and other strength and power athletes.
- Ivan ‘the Polish Piledriver’ Putski was a legendary strongman, famous for performing feats of strength prior to matches.
- Jews, they wanted to prove, could be strongmen too.
- After easily defeating a circus strongman for a cash prize, Zishe catches the attention of a German impresario who wants him to come to Berlin.
- So tiny star Istvan Toth has the perfect companions - the circus strongmen.
- Keith began his ascent in the circus, running a sideshow populated with freaks, strongmen, fortune-tellers, and other wonders.
- Namibian strongman Andre du Preez will perform his feats of physical strength for one and half hours before the start of the fireworks.
- Defeating both of these strongmen garnered Sandow a contract to perform in London at the prestigious Alhambra Music Hall.
- The real strongmen, the genuinely strongest of the strong, look different physically.
Synonyms muscleman, macho, macho man, iron man, hercules, atlas, samson, tarzan - 1.1 A leader who rules by the exercise of threats, force, or violence.
铁腕人物,独裁者 the failed coup against Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega Example sentencesExamples - Today, strongmen are no longer in place and neither is leadership.
- They opt for a presidential system, which tends to be a bad idea in states with traditions of strongman rule.
- ‘Wiranto wants a reconciliation,’ said Muladi, who was a justice minister under the 32-year rule of strongman Suharto.
- When Suharto was Indonesia's president, the strongman's relatives and friends built business empires blessed by his favor.
- He will enjoy the kind support normally offered to Panamanian strongmen and Paris Hilton's publicists.
- The KMT regime relied completely on the unique characteristics of a strongman leader, emphasizing leadership over the law.
- It spurred students and workers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to oppose the military strongmen, dictators and demagogues in their countries.
- He has repeatedly guaranteed the former military strongman an immediate pardon were he ever to be convicted.
- This tiny force is completely outgunned and outnumbered by an estimated 200,000 militia fighters under the control of various local strongmen.
- "Political repression by local strongmen is the principal problem, " the New York-based rights group said.
- These forces, and the strongmen who control these private and separate armies, could well inherit the kingdom.
- The military strongman rules Taiwan until his death in 1975.
- "I don't know, " he said when asked if he planned to see the Iraqi strongman.
- Close associates of the former strongman allegedly often garnered funds from Bulog for their own businesses.
- Kunduz is the home ground of Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek strongman.
- That it does not have this is a sign of political immaturity and the KMT's origins in strongman rule.
- The cosy relationship between old political strongmen and big business is dead.
- One way of escaping such dichotomies is to cease thinking about them, replacing this uncomfortable confusion with decisive rule by a strongman.
- To the Pakistani strongman, Kashmir is a matter of commitment and conviction.
- Several parts of the countryside are controlled by ‘revolutionary’ regional strongmen and their cutthroat armies.
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