family man
noun
: a man with a spouse and child or children dependent on him
especially
: a man devoted to his family
Examples of family man in a Sentence
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The group’s four members, rounded out by bassist John Hassall and drummer Gary Powell, are settled as family men in four different parts of the world.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
Motagua, Suazo Sandoval was remembered by family members as an entrepreneurial family man who sent money back to Honduras to buy medicine for sick relatives, birthday cakes for celebrations and soccer uniforms for kids from across his town.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
He’s also taken well to life as a family man (Brown is mom to Phoenix, 25, Angel, 16, and Madison, 12).
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
There’s Douglass the public figure, and then there’s Douglass the family man.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Jean Baptiste was Rodin’s father, a working-class family man.
—Grace Cote, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
To say that Timberlake has completed his transition into a family man is an understatement, and the album’s weaker moments pay its toll.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
See their sweetest photos together Outside of being one of the NBA's best players — with four championship rings and a three-point shooting reputation that precedes him — Stephen Curry is also known for being a family man.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
His 55-year-old brother, Raymond Wright, a family man and master carpenter, had vanished.
—Kat Teurfs, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
Motagua, Suazo Sandoval was remembered by family members as an entrepreneurial family man who sent money back to Honduras to buy medicine for sick relatives, birthday cakes for celebrations and soccer uniforms for kids from across his town.
—Teo Armus, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
He’s also taken well to life as a family man (Brown is mom to Phoenix, 25, Angel, 16, and Madison, 12).
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
There’s Douglass the public figure, and then there’s Douglass the family man.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Jean Baptiste was Rodin’s father, a working-class family man.
—Grace Cote, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
To say that Timberlake has completed his transition into a family man is an understatement, and the album’s weaker moments pay its toll.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
See their sweetest photos together Outside of being one of the NBA's best players — with four championship rings and a three-point shooting reputation that precedes him — Stephen Curry is also known for being a family man.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
His 55-year-old brother, Raymond Wright, a family man and master carpenter, had vanished.
—Kat Teurfs, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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