strongman

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.

   “Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the famous Egyptian archeologist, who was a man of gigantic stature, began his public career as a strongman at the Bartholomew Fair, under the management of Gyngell, the conjuror, who dubbed him The Young Hercules.”

2. isim A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

   “Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is perilous. Since the Cold War’s end, a staggering 70 percent of governments headed by strongmen collapsed after the ruler departed, according to one data set.”