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During a recent actors' roundtable for the Hollywood Reporter, the Lawmen: Bass Reeves and Selma star discussed the highs and lows of the audition process with fellow leading men Jon Hamm, Nicholas Galitzine, Matt Bomer, Callum Turner, and Clive Owen.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 June 2024
In Florence, Cosimo himself was welcomed back from exile to become Florence’s leading man.
—Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Whether his success as a leading man can lead the way for others remains to be seen, but his trajectory only points up.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
The series updates — by more closely following Highsmith’s tricky, nasty novel — a film that’s widely beloved, and does so with a leading man whose reputation is for suffering sweetly.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20man. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
leading man
noun
: an actor who plays the leading male role in a play or movie
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