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.
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Check out my main man going full shirtless with the vest!
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Issue of the weekend Pulisic scoring, Antonee Robinson assisting, Gio Reyna on the bench and Weston McKennie’s Juventus career revived — new season, familiar start for some of the USMNT’s main men in Europe.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Issue of the weekend Pulisic scoring, Antonee Robinson assisting, Gio Reyna on the bench and Weston McKennie’s Juventus career revived — new season, familiar start for some of the USMNT’s main men in Europe.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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
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“Main man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20man. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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