Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun someone who does special exercises to develop the musculature.
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- noun bodybuilding : A person who uses
diet andexercise to build anaesthetically muscular physique , in order to compete inbodybuilding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm not what you would call a bodybuilder, mind you, or a regular Planet Fitness member, either.
Slate Magazine Luke O'Neil 2011
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we recently started watching Big BRother 10, but thats only because Jessie the bodybuilder is my daughters boyfriends best friend..
A Confession Shirley Damsgaard 2008
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I was pleased it didn't say "bodybuilder" in the description.
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"bodybuilder" figure while actually trying NOT to.
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Chris Evans stars as the title character and his toned, muscular physique would be the envy of any bodybuilder.
Superhero Thwarts Evil Nazi Plot in 'Captain America: The First Avenger' 2011
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Chris Evans stars as the title character and his toned, muscular physique would be the envy of any bodybuilder.
Superhero Thwarts Evil Nazi Plot in 'Captain America: The First Avenger' 2011
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Leaving Austria early in the 1960s, he traveled to California almost on a whim, with the dream of making it big in America as a bodybuilder.
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Chris Evans stars as the title character and his toned, muscular physique would be the envy of any bodybuilder.
Superhero Thwarts Evil Nazi Plot in 'Captain America: The First Avenger' 2011
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A conference paper talking about the 19th century Physical Culture movement in Britain and Superhuman figures in prose fiction, including some of the bodybuilder types - and how they were discredited.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Buj Al Arab praises the determination of Farah Malhass, the Arab Wolrd's first female bodybuilder, and is pleasantly surprised seeing her gracing the cover of Gulf News.
Global Voices in English » Put it On: Global Online Contest for Filmmakers 2009
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