family man

noun

1. a man who has a spouse and one or more children.
2. a man devoted to his family and home.

family man

noun

1. a man who is married and has children, esp one who is devoted to his family

Word History and Origins

Origin of family man¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Unseld’s warmest memories are not of Ferry the basketball mind but Ferry the family man.

From Washington Post

I represent being a father and a family man, because I have two beautiful boys.

From The Daily Beast

In person, he presents himself as a gracious family man with a single-minded dedication to finding and revealing the truth.

From Time

He was a family man first, but Frager’s was his second home.

From Washington Post

It was the Cunningham story, at odds with his carefully built image as a veteran and family man, that dominated front pages the next day.

From Washington Post

The story follows a down on his luck family man named Bill Scanlon (Wes Bentley), who takes to stealing after losing his job.

From The Daily Beast

Bill Cosby, it seems, can only be seen in two registers: sainted family man of a much-loved sitcom, or fallen, tarnished villain.

From The Daily Beast

She likes Donald Trump, “a conservative, Christian family man,” but wants to hear more from everyone.

From The Daily Beast

He is a family man and he did what he did because of his convictions.

From The Daily Beast

Franco was described as a “big family man” by his nephew, Mario Franco.

From The Daily Beast

In society the head of the house of Kaulmann shall be considered an honorable gentleman, an excellent husband, a good family man.

From Project Gutenberg

May a chopper of wood be a future family man of Dornblatt, where everyone chops his own?

From Project Gutenberg

Round, loquacious, familiar Cock Sparrow is a family man—so entirely a family man as to be nothing else at all.

From Project Gutenberg

The station-master was a family man himself, and when we explained the case to him he sympathised and telegraphed to Banbury.

From Project Gutenberg

Do you suppose I could work as I do if it wasn't that I'm getting ready to be a family man?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• married man