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other man

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.

Noun

other man (plural other men)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) 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.
    • 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 me2001, Sloan, “The Other Man”, in Pretty Together

other man meaning in Tamil

other man in Tamil

இதரன்

Forms of other man

pluralother men

Questions about other man

What does other man mean?
Other man means 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.
What is other man in Tamil?
Other man in Tamil is இதரன். See Other man meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is other man?
Other man is a noun.
What is the plural of other man?
The plural of other man is other men.

Words near other man in the dictionary

  1. other half
  2. other halves
  3. other head
  4. other heads
  5. other lips
  6. other man
  7. other men
  8. other rank
  9. other ranks
  10. other side
  11. other side of the coin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: other man (page history and authors); other man (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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