bruiser Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large and strong and heavyset man
    strapper; Samson; bull.
    • he was a bull of a man
    • a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got

WordNet


Bruis"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, bruises.
  2. A boxer; a pugilist. R. Browning.
    Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic aand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. T. Warton.
  3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes. Knight.

Webster 1913