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

Krasniqi and two other men were arrested in November, accused of plotting to offer a juror $100,000 to vote not guilty in Gogic’s trial. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026

In 2020, the 67-year-old French retiree had been happily married for nearly 50 years when she was informed by police that her husband, Dominique, had over the past decade repeatedly drugged her into unconsciousness, raped her, and videotaped scores of other men raping her as well. —The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026

One challenge may be finding other men who enjoy reading. —Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026

Witnesses in the two-week trial described how Eric Halem and three other men posed as police serving a search warrant to enter a high-rise apartment in Koreatown rented by a teenager who had amassed a small fortune in crypto. —Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 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