strongman

[ UK /stɹˈɒŋmən/ ]
[ US /ˈstɹɔŋˌmæn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence
    he is determined to bring down the Iraqi strongman
  2. a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
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How To Use strongman In A Sentence

  • The Latin American strongman, his blond wife at his side, addresses the enraptured masses from the balcony of a presidential palace. Don't Cry For Me, Caracas
  • One way of escaping such dichotomies is to cease thinking about them, replacing this uncomfortable confusion with decisive rule by a strongman.
  • CNN -- Former top Pakistani military officers Sunday called for Pakistan's former strongman to be allowed back without facing arrest and condemned what they called the "bashing" of the country's armed forces. CNN.com
  • The Venezuelan strongman had promised that his candidates would win two-thirds of the unicameral congress, guaranteeing it would continue to be a rubber stamp. A Defeat for Ch
  • "I don't know, " he said when asked if he planned to see the Iraqi strongman.
  • Namibian strongman Andre du Preez will perform his feats of physical strength for one and half hours before the start of the fireworks.
  • Now, through a combination of hard work and good luck, it appears that the strongman from Herat has been able to fulfil his pledge.
  • Kunduz is the home ground of Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek strongman.
  • Foreigners were expelled, and then-military strongman General Ne Win set about creating a Burmese brand of socialism, putting the army in control of the country's largest businesses. Myanmar Urges Vote Amid Crisis
  • He has repeatedly guaranteed the former military strongman an immediate pardon were he ever to be convicted.
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