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силач (a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus Candace) |
| fig. |
богатырь (VLZ_58); сильная рука (ybelov) |
| polit., explan. |
человек, правящий силовыми методами |
| polit., news |
авторитарный правитель; властный лидер (Азери); авторитарный лидер (bookworm); главарь (bookworm); жёсткий правитель (не считающийся ни с чьим мнением: In the wake of these and other setbacks, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia appears to be maneuvering for a face-saving settlement, analysts say, a way to escape a losing situation without puncturing his strongman image or antagonizing the ultranationalists at home who were expecting him to follow up his annexation of Crimea with an invasion of Ukraine.); диктатор (a Latin-American strongman who basically treated his nation's coffers as his personal bank account) |
| sport. |
стронгмен (gookie); силовой экстрим (VLZ_58) |
| Игорь Миг, sport. |
сильнейший атлет (спорт /// напр.: Федерация сильнейших атлетов России – ФСАР) |
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someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus; a forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant |
| circus |
a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus |
| polit., news |
one who leads or controls by force of will and character or by military methods; a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence |
