man's man

noun

: a man noted or admired for traditionally masculine interests and activities

Examples of man's man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jeff is a man's man, and doesn't like not being perceived as an alpha. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025

The old Charlie was a man's man. — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2023

Tough, Smart, a man's man. — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2022

Harry is, by all accounts, a guy's guy, a man's man, a role model for masculinity. — John Duffy, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021

Performances by Musgraves, Clark, Ballerini, McBryde, Ell, Lillie Mae and the rest of their Stagecoach sisters in rhyme helped remind festivalgoers that today's country music isn't strictly a man's man's man's world. — Randy Lewis, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018

The worker shouted at the man, then climbed the ladder the man stood on, pulling at the man's man's leg. — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Oct. 2017

Swanson was a man's man, and Offerman shares almost all these burly traits. — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 15 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for man's man

• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman
• flagman