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broad-shouldered (comparative more broad-shouldered, superlative most broad-shouldered)

1. Having broad shoulders.
   • 1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4:Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.
2. Having a sturdy construction or constitution.

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• big-shouldered

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[edit] having broad shoulders

Aromanian: plãtãros, bãtalcu Catalan: espatllut Czech: ramenatý Danish: bredskuldret, hærdebred (dated) Dutch: breedgeschouderd (nl) Finnish: harteikas (fi), harteva, leveäharteinen (fi) French: large d'épaules German: breitschultrig (de) Icelandic: herðabreiður Polish: barczysty (pl), pleczysty (pl) Romanian: spătos (ro) Russian: широкопле́чий (ru) (širokopléčij), плечи́стый (ru) (plečístyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плѐћат Latin: plèćat Slovene: plečàt Swedish: bredaxlad (sv) Turkish: geniş omuzlu Ukrainian: широкоплечий (šyrokoplečyj)

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