Usually means: Primary, trusted, leading male figure.
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  1. main man: Merriam-Webster
  2. main man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. main man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. main man: Collins English Dictionary
  5. main man: Wiktionary
  6. main man: Dictionary.com
  7. Main Man, The Main Man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. main man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. main man: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. main man: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (idiomatic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) One's closest male friend.

Similar:
cut buddy, my man, aceboy, soul brother, brother, brotherman, guy friend, brother from another mother, manfriend, my boy, more...

Opposite:
main woman, secondary man

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Similar:
cut buddy, my man, aceboy, soul brother, brother, brotherman, guy friend, brother from another mother, manfriend, my boy, more...

Opposite:
main woman, secondary man



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