bruiser : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bruiser	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bruiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bruiser n a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" Synonym(s): bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bruiser \Bruis"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, bruises. 2. A boxer; a pugilist. --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.