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Definition of Strongmen
1. strongman [n] - See also: strongman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strongmen
Literary usage of Strongmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi by Harry Houdini (1920)
"Each generation has produced its quota of strongmen, but almost all of them have
resorted to some sort of artifice ..."
2. World Report 2000: The Events of 1999 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (1999)
"The report added that party-affiliated and independent candidates, frequently
local strongmen with political and business ties, demonstrated powerful ..."
3. Sandow on Physical Training: A Study in the Perfect Type of the Human Form by Eugen Sandow (1894)
"WHILE Sandow was still exhibiting at the Holborn Music Hall, there was talk of
another trial of strength among strongmen. The match, on this occasion, ..."
4. Sweet Battlefields: Youth and the Liberian Civil War by Mats Utas (2003)
"In line with the rule of traditional warlords, strongmen from these groups often
established their own mini-empires. Also, the taking of spoils of war ..."
5. The Reconfiguration of Political Order in Africa: A Case Study of North Kivu by Denis M. Tull (2005)
"The most important providers of patronage in the past, such as chiefs and
state-affiliated local strongmen, have been marginalized by violent entrepreneurs ..."
6. State Building & Democracy in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of by Pierre Du Toit (1995)
"The end result is that strongmen succeed in consolidating precisely what ...
The significance of strongmen lies not so much in their individual powerbases, ..."
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