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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The rising star is generating serious buzz for his turn as a struggling family man who's a sanitation worker by day and robber of drug dealers by night in HBO’s new series Task, costarring Mark Ruffalo.
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Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Set in the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a task force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2025
Some experts say that Kim’s two other children would likely be chosen as successors instead, with public appearances with his young daughter perhaps intended to paint him as a family man.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Young, unemployed family man Nick (MacKay) volunteers to take the boat back out, along with taciturn, new-in-town drifter Liam (Turner) and grizzled seadog Murgey (Francis Magee).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Set in the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a task force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2025
Some experts say that Kim’s two other children would likely be chosen as successors instead, with public appearances with his young daughter perhaps intended to paint him as a family man.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Young, unemployed family man Nick (MacKay) volunteers to take the boat back out, along with taciturn, new-in-town drifter Liam (Turner) and grizzled seadog Murgey (Francis Magee).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Family man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20man. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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