cat man

plural cat men · alternative cat-man

1. A man who likes cats or prefers cats as pets, often as opposed to liking dogs.

   "You a dog man or a cat man?" "Dog, I guess."

   2010, John Verdon, Think of a Number

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   Now. I am not a cat man, but a dog man. Indeed, if I had my way. I would own an English bulldog, which I consider the king of breeds.

   1942, Stephen Benet, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 2

   A dogman, he said, likes having tails wagged at him, wants to be looked up to, and tends for that reason to be quite a good leader. A catman, on the other hand, is made slightly uncomfortable by spaniel eyes and devoted tail thumpings.

   1968, John Montgomery, The World of Cats, page 12

   Unlike dog men, cat men tend not to go in for extreme sports, but when they do, it usually takes the form of rock climbing[.]

   1998, Tanya McKinnon, Like Cats and Dogs, page 52