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Meanings of muscleman in English

Portuguese
culturista
Catalan
culturista

Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.

culturista
Catalan
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Spanish
gorila

A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard.

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Examples for "bodybuilder"
Examples for "bodybuilder"
1
Legendary German bodybuilder Pit Trenz has died at the age of 53.
News.com.au
2
Eventually, Sam quits his job in publishing to become a professional bodybuilder.
The Guardian
3
Then there was an incident about assaulting a bodybuilder at Muscle Beach.
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
But Johnson is too big, too muscular, too much like a bodybuilder.
The Guardian
5
The bodybuilder sloped down to the floor, blood pouring from his mouth.
Abaddon's Gate
1
The muscle builder's head was MIA.
All You Need Is Kill
2
It's really a muscle builder.
News.com.au
3
The bikini babe's head grinned vapidly from its new home atop a macho muscle builder on another nearby poster.
All You Need Is Kill
4
Those foods which build up and repair the muscular tissues of the body are called protein foods, muscle builders, or flesh formers.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
Usage of muscleman in English
1
The muscleman lay beside him with the back of his head open.
The half-made world
2
And it's largely because of the legacy left him by muscleman-cum-actor Reg Park.
The South African
3
I just assumed he was a bodyguard, or a muscleman of some sort.
Anthill: a novel
4
For years, Dillon was the lawyer of record for Pendergast's muscleman Johnny Lazia.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
5
A white t-shirt hugged his upper body; not a muscleman, but well built.
Guilty Pleasures
6
The stubby muscleman flexed into view, just under Creedmoor's chin.
The half-made world
7
Both the officer and the muscleman gave him strange looks.
Raging Heat
8
The muscleman slammed Creedmoor's hand down almost at once.
The half-made world
9
Sloop had let the muscleman go on a little too long; the crowd was losing interest.
The half-made world
10
He was wearing jeans and a muscleman's T-shirt.
The abduction
11
He's watching some muscleman thing on the TV.
Come out tonight
12
He was wearing even briefer red trunks and he immediately went into a series of muscleman poses.
Carrion comfort
13
You don't have to be a muscleman.
Wired
14
He looks like a wilted circus muscleman.
Up in the air
15
He explains what a muscleman is to Mrs. Estey- aguythat muscles in on another one's racket.
The new yorker
16
But Duane liked Italian muscleman movies.
Summer of Night
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Translations for muscleman
Portuguese
culturista
Muscleman through the time