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1. A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
   "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him";
   - muscle
    
2. Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
   - bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder

Derived forms: musclemen

Type of: bully, hooligan, individual, mortal, ned [UK, informal], person, roughneck [informal], rowdy, ruffian, scally [UK, informal], somebody, someone, soul, tough [informal], yob [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Muscleman