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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Comments Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy) is a fixer — and family man — working for London crime boss Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan).
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Jacobson’s a family man with a soft voice and a big stick.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2025
Based on the acclaimed book by Blake Crouch, Dark Matter follows Jason Dessen, (Edgerton) a physicist, professor, and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Pencil erasers and caricature portraits just aren’t enough anymore, not when genuine love and affection are on the table, and losing Gretchen is a bridge too far for a family man denied his family.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Jacobson’s a family man with a soft voice and a big stick.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2025
Based on the acclaimed book by Blake Crouch, Dark Matter follows Jason Dessen, (Edgerton) a physicist, professor, and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Pencil erasers and caricature portraits just aren’t enough anymore, not when genuine love and affection are on the table, and losing Gretchen is a bridge too far for a family man denied his family.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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