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.
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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
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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
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“Main man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20man. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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