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n. A powerful, influential political figure who exercises leadership and control by force.

n. One who performs feats of strength, as at a circus.

n. A performer who demonstrates feats of strength.

n. A man who competes in contests of physical strength.

n. A forceful or brutal person, usually applied to a ruler or tyrant.

n. a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus

n. a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence

"Kremlin strongman Gordon Brown has once again shown the world that he's not a man to be messed with."

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