other man

noun

: a man who is having an affair with another man's spouse

—usually used with the

E.G. Marshall plays a man who, believing himself cuckolded, plants a bomb in his own basement to destroy the Mrs. and the other man.

—Mike Flaherty

Examples of other man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two other men named as defendants in the lawsuit didn't have lawyers who could speak for them and did not provide a response, court filings said. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Three other men and a woman are visible in the final frames before there is a large explosion and the camera turns black. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

So, while all the other men in the crew stand around doing nothing, Moe steps in to tell the guy to leave — once calmly, then more aggressively — and then takes off his belt and wraps it around his hand. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026

Two other men who had been shot arrived at a hospital after being driven there in a private vehicle. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for other man

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan