main man
nounDefinition of main man
1
: best male friend
2
: a man whose character or work is most admired
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
That simplistic ideology was plainly ignored by Ings upon his return to Burnley last weekend, as Southampton's main man was really rather dreadful. — SI.com, "Fantasy Premier League: Who's Hot and Who's Not in Gameweek 2," 14 Aug. 2019 The main men behind the plate for the M’s were Mike Zunino, who posted a career worst .530 OPS (career OPS: .670) and Jesus Sucre, at .424 in 142 PAs. — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "Why Detroit Tigers catchers have a chance to be historically bad," 28 July 2019 Losing Harry Maguire was a blow, but the Northern Irishman is more than likely to take that in his stride and become the main man. — SI.com, "Leicester City: The XI That Should Start Against Chelsea," 17 Aug. 2019 Pärt has been my main man for 10 years now and his whole body of work seems written in service to the world. — Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Playlist: Henry Jamison's favorite friendship songs," 13 June 2019 With the introduction of Liverpool's Egyptian King, Mane is no longer considered the main man, but is a threat in a new sense. — SI.com, "Sadio Mane Won't Leave But Recent Transfer Rumours Only Highlight His Importance to Liverpool," 6 June 2018 The two main men behind the American branches of the church are Joel Houston and Carl Lentz. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "What You Need to Know About Hillsong Church and the Celebs Who Attend It," 3 Aug. 2018 Modric went on to add a brilliant second goal before Ivan Rakitic made it three, but the Croatia captain sympathised with Argentina's main man. — SI.com, "Luka Modric Defends 'Exceptional' Lionel Messi After Shocking Argentina Performance in Croatia Loss," 22 June 2018 The best opportunity of the second half arguably came to Brazil's main man after 70 minutes. — SI.com, "Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica: Late Double Makes Victory Look Easy for Brazil In Hard Fought Encounter," 22 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'main man.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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