bodybuilder
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English byldere English builder English bodybuilder From body + builder.
- derived from -āriusbor
- derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
Definitions
A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order…
A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
- Physique of powerful bodybuilder (below) is like piece of sculpture. Buffs strive for the well-rounded body, disdain the professional weightlifter, who merely develops a number of very specialized muscles.
- In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.
Rare form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
- COACH BODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell.
- COACHMAKERS.—Wanted, three IMPROVERS to the bodymaking, all new work. Greenfield and Callaway, bodybuilders to the trade, Milson’s Steam Works, 121, Liverpool-street.
- WANTED, First-class Coachsmith and Bodybuilder.—Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Wellington.
The neighborhood
- neighborbodybuilding
- neighborgym rat
- neighbormass monster
- neighbormuscle god
- neighbormuscle morph
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA