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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Colleagues recalled Collins as a devoted family man who would drop everything — even, for example, in the midst of a deposition — if his wife and daughters needed him.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Now that movie’s writer-director, Leigh Whannell, has returned to bring another classic fiend into the 21st century, with Poor Things scoundrel Christopher Abbott as a family man who starts feeling a little hairy after a full-moon encounter at his childhood home.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Toretto, street racer and family man, since the series' first movie, 2001's The Fast and the Furious.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
But the real answer - Bang! Zoom! - is actually a classic comedy called The Life of Riley, which began its one season run on NBC on October 4, 1949 with Jackie Gleason (pre-Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners) as the blundering family man Chester A. Riley.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Now that movie’s writer-director, Leigh Whannell, has returned to bring another classic fiend into the 21st century, with Poor Things scoundrel Christopher Abbott as a family man who starts feeling a little hairy after a full-moon encounter at his childhood home.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Toretto, street racer and family man, since the series' first movie, 2001's The Fast and the Furious.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
But the real answer - Bang! Zoom! - is actually a classic comedy called The Life of Riley, which began its one season run on NBC on October 4, 1949 with Jackie Gleason (pre-Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners) as the blundering family man Chester A. Riley.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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