family man

noun

: a man with a spouse and child or children dependent on him
especially : a man devoted to his family

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Yousef masterfully carries us along from the women’s happier memories of Kinkade as a devoted family man to someone whose work and fame began to supplant the needs of his wife and kids. Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 But none of these storylines was as high stakes or as bleak as Tim’s disintegration, through which the show examined all the ways in which a seemingly upstanding family man with no known history of violence might come to murder his wife and children. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025 The series will follow Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025 For the salt-of-the-earth, tough-yet-tender family man who leads the gang? Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family man

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of family man was in 1753

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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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