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IRON MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron man mean? 

IRON MAN (noun)
  The noun IRON MAN has 1 sense:

1. a strong man of exceptional physical enduranceplay

  Familiarity information: IRON MAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRON MAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong man of exceptional physical endurance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

iron man; ironman

Hypernyms ("iron man" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)


 Context examples 


Crab Wilson, as game as a pebble, met him with a flush hit every time, but no human strength or human science seemed capable of stopping the terrible onslaught of this iron man.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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