man among men
nounDefinitions
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.
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