square-shouldered :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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big-shouldered, broad-shouldered

adj. having broad shoulders; "big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

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husky, vigorous, strong, beefy, burly, buirdly, strapping

adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"

big-boned

adj. having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh

chesty, big-chested

adj. marked by a large or well-developed chest; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

iron, rugged, cast-iron

adj. extremely robust; "an iron constitution"

stout, stalwart, hardy, sturdy

adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"

heavy-armed

adj. having massive arms; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"

square-built

adj. broad and solidly built

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square-shouldered

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