"Bluto" meaning in All languages combined

See Bluto on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -uːtəʊ Etymology: Fictional character name for the antagonist of Popeye coined in 1932 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bluto
  1. A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality. Categories (topical): American fiction, Fictional characters Translations (the antagonist of Popeye): بلوتو (blūtō) [masculine] (Arabic), ब्लूटो (blūṭo) [masculine] (Marathi), Brutus [masculine] (Portuguese)

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          "ref": "1986, Lee K. Abbott, Strangers in paradise, page 38",
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