brawny (comparative brawnier, superlative brawniest)

1. Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

   Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.

   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:

     As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down

   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 68:

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2. Calloused; hardened.

• French: balèze, balaise
• German: muskulös
• Italian: muscoloso
• Portuguese: musculoso
• Russian: мускули́стый