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

The only other men to have won all three are Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil, Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Felice Gimondi, Vincenzo Nibali and Jonas Vingegaard. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

The two other men said to have been in Cadillac with Davis and Anderson are also dead. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

But … There’s one nutty little difference between Romano’s saves and what those other men did. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Previous Sacramento Bee reporting has revealed that in addition to Omar, Hashmatullah and Mohammad, five other men have died in four crashes on that segment since January 2024. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 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