strongmann.

Brit.

/ˈstrɒŋman/, U.S.

/ˈstrɔŋˌmæn/,

/ˈstrɑŋˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural strongmen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < strong adj. + man n.¹

1. A man who performs feats of physical strength, esp. competitively or as a form of entertainment (as in a circus). Cf. strongwoman n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer

horse-rider1580

strongman1701

hippodromist1840

desultor1880

Auguste1900

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > strong person > strong man

Samsonc1460

Hercules1567

Samsonian1654

strongman1701

muscle man1805

butchy1891

1699 Flying Post 14 Nov. 2/1 The strong Kentish Man, gave three Proofs of his extraordinary Strength before his Majesty.]

1701 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 323 P^d to y^e strong man for shewing his Tricks, 10^s.

1734 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. I. 259 I have observ'd the pretended Strong Man sometimes to have a short strong Stick [etc.].

1745 in F. W. Fairholt Eccentric Char. (1849) I. 54 Thomas Topham, Commonly called the Strong Man.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Loose Sketches ii, in Britannia 15 May 315/3 A vast number of booths and exhibitions..no less than four companies of strongmen..‘the Indian strong men’; ‘the strong men with the fairy pony’, &c.

1872 R. Browning Fifine 23 The Strong Man, whom..by-and-by You shall behold do feats.

1908 Variety 16 May 15 Blocksom and Burns, the ‘strong’ men,..have bookings at hand which..will keep them busily playing in the west all summer.

1954 Sunday Pictorial 18 Apr. 15/1 I learned that beefcake was bunk because one of my jobs in the circus was lacing the strongman's shoes.

1977 C. Wood James Bond, Spy who loved Me xii. 99 He was..the product of a union between the strong man of a travelling circus and the Chief Wardress at the Women's Prison.

2013 Church Times 10 May 2/3 Visitors were handed a 620-page programme—the sort of book a strongman would struggle to tear in half.

2. A dominating man; the man who exercises effective control of an organization; spec. a leader who exercises absolute political power, esp. one who rules by threats, force, or violence.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person

mightfula1325

mightya1382

potestatec1384

mightanda1400

potentatec1475

potent1568

leviathan1606

grandeur1632

strongman1764

huzoor1776

hegemon1829

prince1841

boyar1846

power-holder1854

baron1876

overlord1908

ayatollah1979

1764 Conductor Generalis (new ed.) 108 According to this etymology, the word constable will properly signify the stability or stay of the place, or the strong man of the division.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 119 I am not countenancing the sort of ‘hero-worship’ which applauds the strong man of genius for forcibly seizing on the government of the world and making it do his bidding in spite of itself.

1879 Nation 30 1 He wants to show the party that he too can be a ‘Strong Man’ on a pinch.

1888 R. Kipling Consequences in Plain Tales from Hills 89 He called on the biggest and strongest man that the Government owned, and explained that he wanted an appointment at Simla on a good salary. The compound insolence of this amused the Strong Man.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. ix. 165 They were both agreed on the necessity of a strong man for France and on many lopped heads.

1969 D. Acheson Present at Creation (1970) xxi. 187 Colonel Juan Perón, the President and ‘strong man’ of Argentina.

1977 Westindian World 3 June 12/1 Major General Ziaur Rahman..became President of Bangladesh only a few weeks ago (though he had been the country's strongman for some time).

2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Oct. a15/1 Mr. Obama warmly greeted Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez at the Summit of the Americas.

Compounds

General attributive, as (in sense 1) strongman act, etc., (in sense 2) strongman government, etc.

ΚΠ

1879 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 9 Nov. 1/7 If the reply to our demands is the disorganization of the republic and the uprearing of the strong man government, so be it.

1890 Era 4 Jan. 7/2 The pair are not able to escape from a burlesque strong man show.

1894 G. M. Adam Sandow on Physical Training iv. 29 At the chief theatres he sought employment as a strongman, but strongman exhibitions..were not then in vogue.

1913 Congregationalist & Christian World 11 Sept. 343/2 I can see no hope for peace in Mexico except in a return to the strongman rule.

1915 Sat. Evening Post 6 Feb. 7/1 I've known her ever since she was a kid,..her father doing a strong-man act in the concert.

1943 Billboard 13 Mar. 14/3 They do the regular type of comic-and-straight aero, with strongman stuff thrown in for good measure.

1962 C. Walsh From Utopia to Nightmare ix. 122 A strong-man government.

1972 P. Rogers Grub St. 51 The stage of the Windmill tavern..was used for strongman acts.

1988 W. Shawcross Shah's Last Ride (1989) iii. 53 The British were..looking for a ‘strongman solution’ to the problem of keeping their influence in Iran.

2000 Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) (Nexis) 19 May b4 The Atlantic event in Charlottetown will be the biggest strongman contest ever held in the Maritimes.

2012 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Aug. 6 The vacuum that would follow the end of strongman rule would take some filling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strongman
释义	strongmann. Brit. /ˈstrɒŋman/, U.S. /ˈstrɔŋˌmæn/, /ˈstrɑŋˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural strongmen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < strong adj. + man n.¹ 1. A man who performs feats of physical strength, esp. competitively or as a form of entertainment (as in a circus). Cf. strongwoman n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer horse-rider1580 strongman1701 hippodromist1840 desultor1880 Auguste1900 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > strong person > strong man Samsonc1460 Hercules1567 Samsonian1654 strongman1701 muscle man1805 butchy1891 1699 Flying Post 14 Nov. 2/1 The strong Kentish Man, gave three Proofs of his extraordinary Strength before his Majesty.] 1701 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 323 P^d to y^e strong man for shewing his Tricks, 10^s. 1734 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. I. 259 I have observ'd the pretended Strong Man sometimes to have a short strong Stick [etc.]. 1745 in F. W. Fairholt Eccentric Char. (1849) I. 54 Thomas Topham, Commonly called the Strong Man. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Loose Sketches ii, in Britannia 15 May 315/3 A vast number of booths and exhibitions..no less than four companies of strongmen..‘the Indian strong men’; ‘the strong men with the fairy pony’, &c. 1872 R. Browning Fifine 23 The Strong Man, whom..by-and-by You shall behold do feats. 1908 Variety 16 May 15 Blocksom and Burns, the ‘strong’ men,..have bookings at hand which..will keep them busily playing in the west all summer. 1954 Sunday Pictorial 18 Apr. 15/1 I learned that beefcake was bunk because one of my jobs in the circus was lacing the strongman's shoes. 1977 C. Wood James Bond, Spy who loved Me xii. 99 He was..the product of a union between the strong man of a travelling circus and the Chief Wardress at the Women's Prison. 2013 Church Times 10 May 2/3 Visitors were handed a 620-page programme—the sort of book a strongman would struggle to tear in half. 2. A dominating man; the man who exercises effective control of an organization; spec. a leader who exercises absolute political power, esp. one who rules by threats, force, or violence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person mightfula1325 mightya1382 potestatec1384 mightanda1400 potentatec1475 potent1568 leviathan1606 grandeur1632 strongman1764 huzoor1776 hegemon1829 prince1841 boyar1846 power-holder1854 baron1876 overlord1908 ayatollah1979 1764 Conductor Generalis (new ed.) 108 According to this etymology, the word constable will properly signify the stability or stay of the place, or the strong man of the division. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 119 I am not countenancing the sort of ‘hero-worship’ which applauds the strong man of genius for forcibly seizing on the government of the world and making it do his bidding in spite of itself. 1879 Nation 30 1 He wants to show the party that he too can be a ‘Strong Man’ on a pinch. 1888 R. Kipling Consequences in Plain Tales from Hills 89 He called on the biggest and strongest man that the Government owned, and explained that he wanted an appointment at Simla on a good salary. The compound insolence of this amused the Strong Man. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. ix. 165 They were both agreed on the necessity of a strong man for France and on many lopped heads. 1969 D. Acheson Present at Creation (1970) xxi. 187 Colonel Juan Perón, the President and ‘strong man’ of Argentina. 1977 Westindian World 3 June 12/1 Major General Ziaur Rahman..became President of Bangladesh only a few weeks ago (though he had been the country's strongman for some time). 2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Oct. a15/1 Mr. Obama warmly greeted Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez at the Summit of the Americas. Compounds General attributive, as (in sense 1) strongman act, etc., (in sense 2) strongman government, etc. ΚΠ 1879 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 9 Nov. 1/7 If the reply to our demands is the disorganization of the republic and the uprearing of the strong man government, so be it. 1890 Era 4 Jan. 7/2 The pair are not able to escape from a burlesque strong man show. 1894 G. M. Adam Sandow on Physical Training iv. 29 At the chief theatres he sought employment as a strongman, but strongman exhibitions..were not then in vogue. 1913 Congregationalist & Christian World 11 Sept. 343/2 I can see no hope for peace in Mexico except in a return to the strongman rule. 1915 Sat. Evening Post 6 Feb. 7/1 I've known her ever since she was a kid,..her father doing a strong-man act in the concert. 1943 Billboard 13 Mar. 14/3 They do the regular type of comic-and-straight aero, with strongman stuff thrown in for good measure. 1962 C. Walsh From Utopia to Nightmare ix. 122 A strong-man government. 1972 P. Rogers Grub St. 51 The stage of the Windmill tavern..was used for strongman acts. 1988 W. Shawcross Shah's Last Ride (1989) iii. 53 The British were..looking for a ‘strongman solution’ to the problem of keeping their influence in Iran. 2000 Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) (Nexis) 19 May b4 The Atlantic event in Charlottetown will be the biggest strongman contest ever held in the Maritimes. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Aug. 6 The vacuum that would follow the end of strongman rule would take some filling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1701
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