brute

Definitions of brute
  1. noun
    a cruelly rapacious person
    synonyms: sauvage
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    type of:
    agresseur, attaquant
    someone who attacks
  2. noun
    a cruel and brutal fellow
    synonyms: bagarreur, batailleur, truand, voyou
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    types:
    armoire à glace, monsieur muscle
    a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
    skinhead
    a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
    armoire à glace, cogneur
    someone who bullies weaker people
    type of:
    agresseur, attaquant
    someone who attacks
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