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muscleman

muscleman noun: a bodyguard.

Noun

muscleman (plural musclemen)

  1. A bodyguard.
    • And here comes the princess now, stepping from her limousine, flanked by musclemen, caught in a fusillade of clicking cameras.2001, Mick Lewis, chapter 14, in Rags, page 158
  2. A man with developed muscles.

Forms of muscleman

pluralmusclemen
alternative formmuscle man

Plural of muscleman: musclemen

Origin of muscleman

From muscle + man.

Words formed from muscleman

Questions about muscleman

What does muscleman mean?
Muscleman means a bodyguard.
What part of speech is muscleman?
Muscleman is a noun.
What is the plural of muscleman?
The plural of muscleman is musclemen.

Words near muscleman in the dictionary

  1. musclehead
  2. muscleheads
  3. muscleless
  4. musclelessness
  5. musclelike
  6. muscleman
  7. musclemanship
  8. musclemen
  9. muscles
  10. muscles in
  11. muscles in on

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