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married man

married man

102 1.0
A man who has a wife
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛrɪd mæn/
translation icon : hombre casado
  • First, let me inform you that I have been a happily married man for fifty-five years.
  • married men and women
  • married men generally
  • married men with children

And they've heard so many horror stories from other married men about this.

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Examples

  • Mr. Murray is a married man.

  • While Canadian officials preferred young, single men, married men willing to precede their families were also picked.

    Academic text (1991)
  • So I get to leave here a married man.

  • Taking a relationship risk with a married man is like taking no risk at all.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Evidence suggests that married men do not gain status from their partner's employment status.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I told you, I'm a married man.

  • I'm a married man of 20 years!

  • Once they are permanent residents, married men generally send for their wives and other family members.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Yeah, I've been a happily married man for a long time.

  • He is proud to introduce himself as a married man during the family gathering.

Synonyms

husband
vsmarried man
1.0

A man who is married

is a multiword descriptive phrase rather than a single term
spouse
vsmarried man
272 1.0

A person who is married to someone

is specific to a man in the marriage rather than any partner
married person
vsmarried man
22 1.0

A person who has a husband or wife

is used only for a man in relation to his wife

Antonyms

96 1.8

A person who is not married or in a romantic relationship

Surface Forms

married man singular
married men plural

Morphology

married + man

The meaning 'a man who is legally married' is directly and compositionally derived from the adjective 'married' modifying the noun 'man' (an adjective + noun pattern). This is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction that a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily understand.

Etymology

Married man is a simple phrase that paints a picture: a married man wearing a wedding ring and living with his wife. So married man means 'a man who is legally married', often used when talking about his wife or family.