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- a man of straw
a man of straw
a man of straw
(British, American & Australian) also a straw man (American) a person or an idea that is weak and easy to defeat Compared to their illustrious predecessors, the country's leaders seem to be men of straw.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Nataliya | | nah-TAH-lee-yah (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian |
| Shahid | | - | Arabic, Urdu |
| Andi | | AN-dee | English |
| Clement | | ['klemənt] | |
| Eliphelet | | i-LIF-ə-let (English), ee-LIF-ə-let (English) | Biblical |
| Percival | | PUR-si-vəl (English) | Arthurian Romance, English |