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.—
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In spite of that, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Abrego Garcia last month, and deported him to El Salvador, alongside hundreds of other men accused of being gang members.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
Three other men were also arrested for the killing.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
The teen’s father had filed a petition to declare his daughter dead, six years after Holloway was last seen leaving a nightclub on the Caribbean island of Aruba with Joran van der Sloot and two other men.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
And that other man is Mark’s Innie (also played by Adam Scott, who’s outstanding throughout an emotionally turbulent finale), who knows exactly what his Outie is asking of him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
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Joel Rose, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
Three other men were also arrested for the killing.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
The teen’s father had filed a petition to declare his daughter dead, six years after Holloway was last seen leaving a nightclub on the Caribbean island of Aruba with Joran van der Sloot and two other men.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
And that other man is Mark’s Innie (also played by Adam Scott, who’s outstanding throughout an emotionally turbulent finale), who knows exactly what his Outie is asking of him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Other man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20man. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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