Bluto

Bluto (at left) in I'm in the Army Now (1936)

Meaning

Proper Noun

A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality.

Origin

Fictional character name for the antagonist of Popeye coined in 1932 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.

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