family man

noun

An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.

Meanings

nounfamily man (plural family men)

plural family men

  1. An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.

    But the breakup and awkward love rectangle were a recurring topic in Google's gossip mill, adding even more tension. Page, a devout family man, didn't speak with his co-founder for some time afterward.

    2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin, →ISBN

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 忠於家庭的男人 /忠于家庭的男人
  • 忠於家庭的男人 /忠于家庭的男人 (zhōngyú jiātíng de nánrén)adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Danish familiefar
  • familiefaradult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Dutch huisvader
  • huisvaderadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Esperanto familipatro
  • familipatroadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Finnish perhemies
  • perhemiesadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
French père de famille
  • père de familleadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
German Familienmann, Familienmensch
  • Familienmannadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
  • Familienmenschadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Hungarian családapa
  • családapaadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Irish fear clainne
  • fear clainneadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Italian padre di famiglia
  • padre di famigliaadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Polish mąż i ojciec
  • mąż i ojciecadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Portuguese pai de família
  • pai de famíliaadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Romanian familist, om la casa lui
  • familistadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
  • om la casa luiadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Russian семьяни́н
  • семьяни́н (semʹjanín)adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Spanish hombre/padre de familia, padrazo
  • hombre/padre de familiaadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
  • padrazoadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
  • padrónadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Swedish familjefar
  • familjefaradult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Tagalog padre de-pamilya, pamilyado
  • padre de-pamilyaadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
  • pamilyadoadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Turkish aile babası
  • aile babasıadult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated
Cite this entry
APA

family man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20man

MLA

“family man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20man. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “family man,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/family%20man.

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