man among men

noun

Definitions

  1. A man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in…

    A man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.

    • I have accomplished my dearest wish, I am a man among men, on an equal footing with Tom, Dick and Harry, and yet it isn't just exactly what I thought it was going to be.
    • The boy was on terms of perfect equality with Obed and the Panther. They treated him as a man among men.
    • Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship. . . . [H]e was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable, a man among men.
  2. A superior or remarkable man who stands out from other men

    A superior or remarkable man who stands out from other men; a leader or exemplar for other men.

    • Near-synonym: man's man
    • And be thy ſelf Man among men on Earth, / Made fleſh, when time ſhall be, of Virgin ſeed, / By wondrous birth: […]
    • To her distorted fancy he was a man among men, a hero, all that was admirable and magnificent.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA