"he-man" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhiː.mæn/ Forms: he-men [plural]
Etymology: he- + man Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|he|man}} he- + man Head templates: {{en-noun|he-men|head=he-man}} he-man (plural he-men)
  1. A strong or virile man. Categories (topical): Male, Male people Synonyms: macho man, hypermasculine man Translations: rigtigt mandfolk (Danish), machomies (Finnish), miehinen mies (Finnish), miesten mies (Finnish), tosi mies (Finnish), echter Mann [colloquial, masculine] (German), ganzer Kerl [colloquial, masculine] (German), angutivik (Greenlandic), fusto [masculine] (Italian), настоя́щий мужчи́на (nastojáščij mužčína) [masculine] (Russian), karlakarl [common-gender] (Swedish)

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