main man

noun

1

: best male friend

2

: a man whose character or work is most admired

3

: most significant or important person

also : chief sense 2

Examples of main man in a Sentence

He's still her main man.

The team has many good players, but he is clearly the main man.

Recent Examples on the Web

Charlie Bradbury became a surrogate little sister for the show’s main men, and her death in season 10 was perhaps the most controversial indignity visited on the women of the show. —Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 May 2024

There is perhaps no worse look to a jury than being exposed as not knowing a critical piece of information, and Dee was about to stomp on Austin’s hopes and dreams worse like my main man Jake stomping on a final immunity challenge contraption. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023

Shout out to my main man, KC for turning me onto it. —WIRED, 15 June 2023

Tame Impala main man Kevin Parker is recovering from major surgery to correct a fractured hip. —Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1