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Your man is an informal way of referring to a specific male person already known or implied in conversation.
It can mean one's boyfriend or husband: How's your man treating you?
In Irish English especially, it refers to any particular man being discussed: Your man over there owes me money.
The phrase often carries familiarity or mild irreverence.
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Your man is an informal way of referring to a specific male person already known or implied in conversation.
It can mean one's boyfriend or husband: How's your man treating you?
In Irish English especially, it refers to any particular man being discussed: Your man over there owes me money.
The phrase often carries familiarity or mild irreverence.
1. colloquial — bloke, Informal British man; chap (Informal term for male); fella (Casual term for man); dude (Informal word for man); guy · mate · pal · buddy · lad · gent · bro · homie · comrade · amigo
2. Irish — himself, Reflexive male pronoun; that one (Indicated item at distance)
FAMILIARITY/RELATIONSHIPyour man ≠ stranger Person not yet known; outsider · that guy
SUITABILITY FOR TASKyour man ≠ someone else Any other individual; incompetent
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPyour man ≠ ex-boyfriend Former male romantic partner; ex-husband · former lover · stranger · nobody special
Irish Slang: craic, eejit, gobshite, banjaxed, slagging
man, your, yours, mankind, you're, mans, manned, unmanned
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/your_man