"muscle boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: muscle boys [plural]
Etymology: From muscle + boy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|muscle|boy}} muscle + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} muscle boy (plural muscle boys)
  1. (dated) A goon, thug, or muscular henchman. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-muscle_boy-en-noun-Ewu2r32E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (slang) A bodybuilder, especially one who is homosexual. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, People
    Sense id: en-muscle_boy-en-noun-PTTObFpC Disambiguation of Bodybuilding: 41 59 Disambiguation of People: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: muscleboy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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