muscleman
noun
a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
musclemen
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pluralof muscleman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Inside the Sistine Chapel, where in the past I have been shoved and elbowed by the crowds, about 30 spectators were awing over Perugino’s frescoes and craning to see Michelangelo’s burly musclemen on the ceiling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
No small matter to have the Illinois delegation under your nose at the podium, all those hecklers, fixers, flunkies, and musclemen scanning the audience as if to freeze certain obstreperous faces .
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2018
It is hard to argue against that, but if you take the movie for what it is – a modernized version of mid-century musclemen silliness – the exercise makes a little more sense.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2016
Last year at the Cannes Film Festival, Sylvester Stallone and his merry band of musclemen were rumbling down the Croisette in tanks to promote their film “The Expendables 3.”
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2015
When the Spanish got to Mexico they didn't understand what they saw, being musclemen rather than scholars.
From Adaptation by John Schoenherr
