muscle woman
- noun
- /ˈmʌsəl ˈwʊmən/
- Slang
:
mujer musculosa
- Rumors spread that the new club owner had hired a muscle woman to keep unwanted guests out.
Examples
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The gang leader was rarely seen without his trusted muscle woman by his side.
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Many muscle women work as bodyguards in the city.
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As a notorious muscle woman, she quickly gained a reputation for her fierce loyalty and strength.
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The muscle woman intimidated the rival gang.
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Rumors spread that the new club owner had hired a muscle woman to keep unwanted guests out.
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The gang leader was rarely seen without his trusted muscle woman by his side.
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As a notorious muscle woman, she quickly gained a reputation for her fierce loyalty and strength.
Synonyms
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A person who is paid to use force or threats for someone else
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People paid to protect or scare others
A woman who protects people by using strength or threats
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly built from 'muscle' (here meaning an enforcer or hired thug) + 'woman', so a learner who knows those constituent meanings can infer it denotes a woman who acts as muscle or a bodyguard. Although 'muscle' as ‘enforcer’ is slang, the noun-noun composition is compositional and the overall meaning follows straightforward logic rather than being idiomatic.
Etymology
Muscle woman comes from a clear picture: a strong person hired to do hard or rough jobs, where muscle means a strong helper and woman shows it is female. So, it now means a woman who works as a 'thug' or 'bodyguard', using strength or fear to protect or control people.