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By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
Stephen Kinzer

Meaning of "strongmen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STRONGMEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRONGMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Strongmen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRONGMEN

strong-eye dog
strong-minded
strong-mindedly
strong-mindedness
strong-willed
strongbox
stronghold
strongish
strongly
strongman
strongness
strongpoint
strongroom
strongyl
strongyle
strongyloid
strongyloidiasis
strongyloidoses
strongyloidosis
strongyloses

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRONGMEN

bagmen
bogmen
dogmen
flagmen
frogmen
hangmen
legmen
pigmen
ragmen
swagmen
tegmen
tithingmen
wingmen
workingmen

Synonyms and antonyms of strongmen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «strongmen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRONGMEN

Find out the translation of strongmen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of strongmen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «strongmen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombres fuertes
570 millions of speakers

English

strongmen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

strongmen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأقوياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

силачи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

strongmen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

strongmen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

forts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki kuat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

strongmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

実力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

strongmen
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ông mạnh mẽ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமையானவர்களும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बलवान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güçlü adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maciste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

siłaczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

силачі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strongmen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισχυρούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sterkmanne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strongmen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strongmen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of strongmen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRONGMEN»

The term «strongmen» is regularly used and occupies the 60.953 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRONGMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about strongmen

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QUOTES WITH «STRONGMEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word strongmen.
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Stephen Kinzer
By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRONGMEN»

Discover the use of strongmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to strongmen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Balkan Strongmen: Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of ...
This book brings the 'strongmen' to life, providing insights into their personalities and the forces that brought them to prominence. An enduring question is: has the age of the Balkan 'strongmen' truly ended?
Bernd Jürgen Fischer, 2007
2
A Country of Hearsay and Rumor: Kings, Strongmen, and Rumor ...
This is a public ceremonially claimed by those associated with high and low echelons of power.
Sepideh Azarshahri Bajracharya, 2008
3
The Israeli State and Society: Boundaries and Frontiers
This book provides a unique mosaic of the most recent processes and phenomena which explains Israel factually as well as theoretically.
Baruch Kimmerling, 2012
4
Strong Societies and Weak States: State-society Relations ...
With clients frozen by fear and superiors absorbed in the politics of survival, those groups most potentially damaging for the implementor have been peer officials and the local strongmen themselves. The implementor has often confronted a set  ...
Joel S. Migdal, 1988
5
Democracy Or Alternative Political Systems in Asia: After ...
This book will welcomed by students and scholars interested in Asian politics, governance and democratization studies.
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, 2013
6
Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society
Although the patron-client ties that have constituted the backbone of these strongmen's organizations have often been considered "traditional," in fact many have been intimately tied to the spread of the modern world economy. Where such old ...
Joel S. Migdal, 2001
7
Forgotten Secrets of the Old Time Strongmen
Excerpts, main concepts, routines from older lifting and physical culture programs. How the strong got so strong
Dave Yarnell, 2008
8
Kinanthropometry IX: Proceedings of the 9th International ...
CHAPTER. TWO. Comparative. morphology. of. strongmen. and. bodybuilders. Arthur D.Stewart1 and Paul Swinton2 1School of Health Sciences, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. 2School of Medical Sciences, University of ...
Michael Marfell-Jones, Arthur Stewart, Tim Olds, 2006
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Strongmen: Franco Columbu, World's Strongest Man, Derek ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
10
Articles on Strongmen, Including: Franco Columbu, Great ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRONGMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term strongmen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama criticises Africa's 'strongmen' who refuse to leave office
Barack Obama launched a searing attack on African presidents who refuse to step down at the end of their terms, as he delivered his farewell speech at the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
A Region's Soccer Strongmen Are Facing a Hard Fall
“In Latin America, this scandal sheds light on a system where strongmen dominate the sport through the distribution of favors,” said Christopher Gaffney, ... «New York Times, May 15»
3
Sticking with the strongmen in Central Asia
IN 1989, the ruling Politburo of the Soviet Union chose new leaders for two of the empire's Central Asian republics. Twenty-six years later, Nursultan Nazarbayev ... «Washington Post, May 15»
4
Central Asia: After the strongmen
With every passing election, the question of who will succeed the two septuagenarian strongmen, each of whom has ruled his country since before the break-up ... «Financial Times, May 15»
5
Afghanistan's defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen
It pits the aspirations of Western-educated technocrats keen to transform Afghanistan against conservative ethnic and tribal strongmen determined to preserve ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
6
Strongwoman Shoulders The Weight Of A Male-Dominated Sport
It's just two days before the 2015 Arnold Strongman Classic, an international competition for strongmen and strongwomen in Columbus, Ohio, and Brittany ... «NPR, Apr 15»
7
Afghanistan's US-Funded Torturers and Murderers
In a sense, the diplomat was right: It will not be easy to confront foreign-bankrolled strongmen who have had years to consolidate their power. They have had the ... «Foreign Policy, Mar 15»
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Afghanistan: Abusive Strongmen Escape Justice
The United States, which helped install numerous warlords and strongmen after the overthrow of the Taliban, should now lead an international effort to support ... «Human Rights Watch, Mar 15»
9
See strongmen in action at Frickley Athletic
Strongmen from across the country will return to South Elmsall in April in a bid ... Teams of three strongmen will compete in various events at Frickley Athletic FC, ... «Pontefract and Castleford Express, Feb 15»
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Polish strongmen partner with group moving Jewish headstones
Jonny Daniels, center, with Polish Strongman Federation members in 2014. (Photo credit: courtesy of From the Depths via JTA) ... «The Times of Israel, Feb 15»

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