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Meanings of leading man in English

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Male lead in a film or play.

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Usage of leading man in English
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EBONY: Talk to me about this new role as a leading man.
Ebony
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His leading man, meanwhile, described their collaboration as a form of torture.
Reuters
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He was considered perhaps the leading man in breach of promise cases.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
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Berry, the first comedian, poked Earlsford, the leading man, in the waistcoat.
Despair's Last Journey
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The dancer stormed out, and RM had himself a new leading man.
Big bosoms and square jaws
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A leading man, and a character in the town, was Thomas A.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
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And the late leading man, now dethroned, and put to second business:
Despair's Last Journey
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She fell in love with the movie's leading man, who was Aaron.
News.com.au
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The leading man possessed very few friends, from what I had heard.
The Film Mystery
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Ryan Reynolds proves to have the stuff of a true leading man.
Reuters
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To the leading man of these, English Chief, being interpreter, addressed himself.
The Pioneers
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So you could not find even one leading man worth while, eh?
Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors
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Another example of avarice and deceit leading man astray, and ultimately destroying him.
Naked pictures of famous people
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Still, a start date and leading man have yet to be pinned down.
Ebony
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Today I was playing a supporting role to his leading man.
Swamp Bones
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More character actor than leading man, Hodgson parlays meekness into major appeal here.
The Guardian
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