Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscleman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cle-man
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A man with developed muscles.

Example Sentences

"And here comes the princess now, stepping from her limousine, flanked by musclemen, caught in a fusillade of clicking cameras."

Etymology

From muscle + man.

Inflected Forms

musclemen (plural) muscle man (alternative)

Derived Forms

musclemanship

Questions

What does muscleman mean?: A bodyguard.
Where does muscleman come from?: From muscle + man.

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