One of the contractile organs of the body.

synonym: musculus.

Dutch: spier

Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells.

synonym: muscular tissue.

Dutch: spier, spierweefsel

A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard:
— The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him.

synonym: muscleman.

Dutch: krachtmens, krachtpatser, ribbemoos

Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way).

Possessing muscular strength.

synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew.

Roget 159: strength; power etc. 157; energy etc. 171; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity.    stoutness etc. adj.; lustihood^†, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virtility, vitality.    athletics, athleticism^†; gymnastics, feats of strength.    adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone.    athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus^†, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed.    strengthening etc. v.; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation^†.    [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.    ... show more

Dutch: hoofdkaas, spierkracht, wilskracht, zult, sterkte, spieren
Polish: czerstwość, krzepa, tężyzna, krzepkość

Make one's way by force.