other man

noun

A man who is romantically involved with someone (usually a woman) already in a committed relationship with another man, especially a man having an affair with a married woman.

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Meanings

nounother man (plural other men)

plural other men

  1. idiomaticinformalA man who is romantically involved with someone (usually a woman) already in a committed relationship with another man, especially a man having an affair with a married woman.

    I know you've got a man in the picture, but it hasn't stopped me yet / We've all been in one situation or another we regret / Now I'm the other man / No one's rooting for me / If I'm the other man / Nature will abhor me

    2001, Sloan, “The Other Man”, in Pretty Together
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APA

other man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20man

MLA

“other man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “other man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20man.

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