single man

American  

noun

Checkers.

1. an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.

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Example Sentences

Ford, meanwhile, has been one of the biggest names in fashion, but has also made two highly acclaimed and stylish films - A Single Man, starring Firth and Hoult, in 2009; and Nocturnal Animals, which earned him two Bafta nominations, in 2016.

From BBC

How City came to rely so heavily on a single man is more than a story of one athlete catching fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

The separation of powers provides safeguards against threats to liberty stemming from the accumulation of powers in any single man or institution.

From The Wall Street Journal

A will from 2019 mentions that he’s a single man and leaves his residual estate to six children.

From MarketWatch

But he has never experienced anything like this before, where work is so dependent on the whims of a single man, he said.

From Los Angeles Times