man among men

man among men noun: a man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.

Noun

man among men (plural men among men)

(idiomatic) A man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.
- I have accomplished my dearest wish, I am a man among men, on an equal footing with Tom, Dick and Harry, and yet it isn't just exactly what I thought it was going to be.1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, in The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC, page 128
- The boy was on terms of perfect equality with Obed and the Panther. They treated him as a man among men.1913, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 5, in The Texan Scouts
(idiomatic) A superior or remarkable man who stands out from other men; a leader or exemplar for other men.
- Near-synonym: man's man
- And be thy ſelf Man among men on Earth, / Made fleſh, when time ſhall be, of Virgin ſeed, / By wondrous birth: […]1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Synonyms:

man's man

অন্যদের জন্য একজন নেতা, আদর্শ

Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship. . . . [H]e was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable, a man among men.2001 June 24, Gerald Clarke, “The Double Life of an Aids Victim”, in Time, retrieved 14 Jul 2014:
To her distorted fancy he was a man among men, a hero, all that was admirable and magnificent.1890, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Bait on the Hook”, in The Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic, London: Chatto & Windus, […]...
[H]e was so much a man among men, a giant, with a great, lumbering mind, slow to conceive, but moving in a large, impressive way when once conception came.1916, Gilbert Parker, chapter 26, in The World For Sale:
A prince is a man among men, a canny fighter, a steely sovereign who takes what he wants out of life.1997, Harriet Rubin, The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women, →ISBN:

plural	men among men

What does man among men mean?: Man among men means a man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.
What is man among men in Bengali?: Man among men in Bengali is অন্যদের জন্য একজন নেতা, আদর্শ. See Man among men meaning in Bengali.
How do you use man among men in a sentence?: Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship. . . . [H]e was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable, a man among men.
What part of speech is man among men?: Man among men is a noun.
What is the plural of man among men?: The plural of man among men is men among men.

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