English noun: muscleman | |||
1. | muscleman (person) a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard | ||
Samples | The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him. | ||
Synonyms | muscle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo | ||
2. | muscleman (person) someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature | ||
Synonyms | bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||