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.

—Mike Flaherty

Examples of other man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chalk down one of those as Genghis Khan’s, and that leaves ten other men who initiated long-lived and widely spread family trees. —Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024

So was known for rallying other men in the church to take on anything that needed doing, Bowman said, including leading fourth- and fifth-graders in the youth ministry. —Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024

Roker is sharing his journey in part to remind other men, particularly Black men who are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer, to get checked. —Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024

Two other men, Lyndell Mays and Terry Young, were also charged with murder following the shooting. —Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above