family man
noun
: a man with a spouse and child or children dependent on him
especially
: a man devoted to his family
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Lee Byung-hun stars as Man-soo, a middle-aged family man who gets downsized in a corporate merger at the film’s onset and spends the rest of the movie ever more desperate to maintain his former standard of comfort.
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Tongue-in-cheek humor aside, Stoke’s target consumer is proud to be an American, and is also a family man who values hard work and self-reliance.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
World peace is at stake and secret agent (aka Loid Forger) must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
People prayed and wept, remembering Kirk as a proud family man and Christian.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Tongue-in-cheek humor aside, Stoke’s target consumer is proud to be an American, and is also a family man who values hard work and self-reliance.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
World peace is at stake and secret agent (aka Loid Forger) must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
People prayed and wept, remembering Kirk as a proud family man and Christian.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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