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.—
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Officers with the Kansas City Police Department arrived and found two other men dead in the backyard.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
Two of those snitches, Russo and Rubino, described the fake raid in detail, how the then-detective and two other men barged into the backroom parlor, smashed the screen of a Joker Poker machine, and left without making a single arrest or seizing a single piece of evidence.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Her final scene featured the three of them riding off to Wyoming in hopes of escaping the priest (Sebastian Roché) and other men who are now hunting her in season two, which returned after two years on Sunday.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Two other men, Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, were acquitted at trial in 1976.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
Two of those snitches, Russo and Rubino, described the fake raid in detail, how the then-detective and two other men barged into the backroom parlor, smashed the screen of a Joker Poker machine, and left without making a single arrest or seizing a single piece of evidence.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Her final scene featured the three of them riding off to Wyoming in hopes of escaping the priest (Sebastian Roché) and other men who are now hunting her in season two, which returned after two years on Sunday.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Two other men, Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, were acquitted at trial in 1976.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Other man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20man. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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