strongman
Example Sentences
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The diplomatic dispute arises from the ambiguous role that Rwanda, best known to many Americans for the 1994 genocide, now plays as a regional strongman.
According to experts who study the psychological profiles of strongmen dictators, escalation in such situations is the norm.
From Salon
And assuming it does, how will it act in the role of the continent's strongman?
From BBC
But the alliance between the children of two former strongmen presidents soon unravelled as they pursued separate political agendas.
From BBC
Ghalibaf has posted video showing him piloting aircraft and became famous as mayor for riding his motorcycle, cultivating a strongman persona that some Iran watchers have compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
