[ noun ] a large and strong and heavyset man <noun.person> he was a bull of a mana thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
Bruiser \Bruis"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, bruises.
2. A boxer; a pugilist; hence, a strong, tough person; -- often used in the phrase
{big bruiser}. --R. Browning.
Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. --T. Warton.
3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes. --Knight.
His race has been a bruiser.
After the obligatory rocky start to their relationship, Van Damme and Arquette soon fall into the sack and then join forces to see off the bad guys. Nowhere to Run is the latest step in the effort to domesticate the Belgian bruiser.
Mr. Kocur (pronounced KOHsur) is a big bruiser of a man whose main function is unique to the North American version of his sport: not to score goals, steal the puck or make deft passes, but to batter and intimidate the foe.
Mr Kenneth Clarke has a reputation as something of a bruiser, so he may be equipped to curb the government's deficit.