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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Tisch said the other deceased victims’ names—identified initially only as one other man and two women—were being withheld pending family notification.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 July 2025
What did the pranks entail? Between March and July, Cobb and a group of other men targeted businesses in Tempe, about 11 miles southeast of Phoenix, police said in the press release.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Two days later, he and other men were taken to the gravel plateau, and the executions began.
—David Rohde, NBC news, 21 July 2025
Mogollon, 25, and three other men had busted out of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark by breaking through a wall and escaping from a parking lot, according to U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Homeland Security officials.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 July 2025
What did the pranks entail? Between March and July, Cobb and a group of other men targeted businesses in Tempe, about 11 miles southeast of Phoenix, police said in the press release.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Two days later, he and other men were taken to the gravel plateau, and the executions began.
—David Rohde, NBC news, 21 July 2025
Mogollon, 25, and three other men had busted out of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark by breaking through a wall and escaping from a parking lot, according to U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Homeland Security officials.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
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“Other man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20man. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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