strapper

Meaning

1. A large, strong, robust person (usually a man).
2. A person who works with straps, as on leather goods.
3. One who straps horses; now, specifically, someone employed to attend and groom racehorses.
4. (archaic) A cow which yields a small amount of milk.
5. A wire that joins two light switches so that a light can be turned off or on from either switch.

Synonyms

giant

bull

Samson

bruiser

big fellow

binding machine

strapping machine

bundling machine

buster

fastener

tier

Translations

الشّخص القوي

dralles Mädchen

δένων

Samson

taureau

toro

Etymology

From strap + -er, principally strap + -er (agent noun suffix). The sense referring to a poorly producing milk cow (from strap + -er) came from a dialectal sense of the verb strap as a troponym of milk: not even the most skilful milking action could coax enough milk from the udder.