other man

noun

: a man with whom a married woman has an affair

—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

Undercover detectives found and followed the vehicle to a Speedway gas station where Benefiel's mother and two other men were parked at a pump. —Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025

Prosecutors said Bryant also killed two other men, one before Tietjen's murder and one after. —Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025

Richard Bilodeau, 63, was arrested more than two decades after a judge overturned the murder convictions of three other men who served 17 years in prison in the killing of Theresa Fusco, 16. —Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025

Officer Daisy Mazariegos approached Lopez and two other men who appeared to be drinking alcohol in the open. —Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025

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