muscle mann.

Brit.

/ˈmʌslman/, U.S.

/ˈməs(ə)lˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural muscle men.

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

Etymology: < muscle n. + man n.¹

slang.

1. A man with highly developed muscles; esp. a wrestler, a bodybuilder. In quot. 1805 with punning allusion to Mussulman n.

ΘΚΠ

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

Samsonc1460

Hercules1567

Samsonian1654

strongman1701

muscle man1805

butchy1891

1805 Brit. Press 18 Mar. 2/4 The athletic Mr. Crampton being lately asked whether he was fond of private theatricals? answered, ‘Oh, yes, I have played the Sultan’. ‘I dare say, and well,’ observed Mr. T. Sheridan, ‘for you are a great muscle-man’.

1859 N.Y. Times 20 Oct. 5/3 Irving would doubtless have been incapacitated from going on the excursion, when Pat. Hines, alias ‘Figsey’, a noted muscle-man, who rescued McCue, the murderer of Reeves, in Grand-street, last Monday, went, with others of the Guard, to his friend Irving's aid.

1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale 686 The Claims of the Muscle Men [i.e. advocates of college sports].

1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang 261 Muscleman, a wrestler.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 235 The other kind was the muscle men. You know, right off the farm where they were lifting tractors with one hand.

1966 ‘C. Keith’ Elusive Epicure (1968) v. 76 If there is such a thing as a California type it's the big muscleman with a rather simple mind.

1990 TV Extra (Brisbane) 18 Nov. 4/1 Hollywood muscleman Sylvester Stallone will launch a new sparring partner in the last Rocky—his 14-year-old son.

a. A man who uses violence or threats to intimidate people, esp. on behalf of another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > criminal person > [noun] > violent

mugger1865

muscle man1929

muscle1942

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > other types of criminal

felon1297

misdemeanor1533

misfeasor1631

Alsatian1688

cosh-man1869

strong arm1893

street man1904

war criminal1906

Raffles1907

lone wolf1909

muscle man1929

single-o1930

hot rod1936

cosh1937

muscle boy1940

muscle1942

cosh-boy1953

cosh-bandit1954

slag1955

frightener1962

scammer1972

shonk1981

bail bandit1991

1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 232 ‘Muscle Men’ are those who ‘muscle’ their way.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 125/1 O'Banion with the comment ‘To hell with the Sicilians!’ set his muscle-men moving.

1948 Daily Mail 21 Jan. 2/5 Princess MacFarlane..makes presents of boots to all the poor children, touring from slum to slum in a fast black saloon packed with muscle-men.

1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues iv. 134 With the considerable returns accruing from operating policy wheels the racket came under the control of syndicates with muscle-men and hired gunmen ensuring that their ‘rights’ were protected.

2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 27 Apr. 1 b He was scheduled to meet with a muscle man for a local high-level drug distributor.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 333/3 St. Petersburg..was published..under the comparatively liberal tyranny of the Tsar and proscribed by Zhdanov, Stalin's literary muscle-man.

1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass v. 109 He had spent eighteen months planning it; an unprecedented campaign in the economic history of the island. You know, before that we had none of these muscle-man takeovers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muscle man
释义	muscle mann. Brit. /ˈmʌslman/, U.S. /ˈməs(ə)lˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural muscle men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muscle n., man n.¹ Etymology: < muscle n. + man n.¹ slang. 1. A man with highly developed muscles; esp. a wrestler, a bodybuilder. In quot. 1805 with punning allusion to Mussulman n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > strong person > strong man Samsonc1460 Hercules1567 Samsonian1654 strongman1701 muscle man1805 butchy1891 1805 Brit. Press 18 Mar. 2/4 The athletic Mr. Crampton being lately asked whether he was fond of private theatricals? answered, ‘Oh, yes, I have played the Sultan’. ‘I dare say, and well,’ observed Mr. T. Sheridan, ‘for you are a great muscle-man’. 1859 N.Y. Times 20 Oct. 5/3 Irving would doubtless have been incapacitated from going on the excursion, when Pat. Hines, alias ‘Figsey’, a noted muscle-man, who rescued McCue, the murderer of Reeves, in Grand-street, last Monday, went, with others of the Guard, to his friend Irving's aid. 1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale 686 The Claims of the Muscle Men [i.e. advocates of college sports]. 1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang 261 Muscleman, a wrestler. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 235 The other kind was the muscle men. You know, right off the farm where they were lifting tractors with one hand. 1966 ‘C. Keith’ Elusive Epicure (1968) v. 76 If there is such a thing as a California type it's the big muscleman with a rather simple mind. 1990 TV Extra (Brisbane) 18 Nov. 4/1 Hollywood muscleman Sylvester Stallone will launch a new sparring partner in the last Rocky—his 14-year-old son. 2. a. A man who uses violence or threats to intimidate people, esp. on behalf of another. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > criminal person > [noun] > violent mugger1865 muscle man1929 muscle1942 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > other types of criminal felon1297 misdemeanor1533 misfeasor1631 Alsatian1688 cosh-man1869 strong arm1893 street man1904 war criminal1906 Raffles1907 lone wolf1909 muscle man1929 single-o1930 hot rod1936 cosh1937 muscle boy1940 muscle1942 cosh-boy1953 cosh-bandit1954 slag1955 frightener1962 scammer1972 shonk1981 bail bandit1991 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 232 ‘Muscle Men’ are those who ‘muscle’ their way. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 125/1 O'Banion with the comment ‘To hell with the Sicilians!’ set his muscle-men moving. 1948 Daily Mail 21 Jan. 2/5 Princess MacFarlane..makes presents of boots to all the poor children, touring from slum to slum in a fast black saloon packed with muscle-men. 1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues iv. 134 With the considerable returns accruing from operating policy wheels the racket came under the control of syndicates with muscle-men and hired gunmen ensuring that their ‘rights’ were protected. 2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 27 Apr. 1 b He was scheduled to meet with a muscle man for a local high-level drug distributor. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 333/3 St. Petersburg..was published..under the comparatively liberal tyranny of the Tsar and proscribed by Zhdanov, Stalin's literary muscle-man. 1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass v. 109 He had spent eighteen months planning it; an unprecedented campaign in the economic history of the island. You know, before that we had none of these muscle-man takeovers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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