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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  Strawman
       
          The first of the series of DoD requirements that led to
          Ada+({Woodenman" rel="nofollow">Ada ({Woodenman, Tinman, Ironman, Steelman).
          Strawman was produced by the HOLWG in Apr 1975.
       
          (1995-01-30)
       
       

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  strawman
       n 1: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
            [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head,
             straw man]
       2: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn: straw
          man]
       3: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
          seeds [syn: scarecrow, straw man, bird-scarer, scarer]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  strawman
     Αγγλικά n.
     (γρ: straw man)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  strawman
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  strawman
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  strawman
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  strawman
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en straw man)

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  strawman /stɹˈɔːmən/
  1. stróman
  2. szalmabáb

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