Noun
hard man (plural hard men)
Alternative form of hardman.
A hard man is good to find. Mae West
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. Voltaire
But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man. Roger Daltrey
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting. Mickey Rourke