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I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.
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Meaning of "leading man" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEADING MAN

leading man  [ˈliːdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEADING MAN

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Leading man is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEADING MAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Leading man

Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the actor who plays a love interest to the leading actress in a film or play. A leading man is usually an all rounder; capable of singing, dancing, and acting at a professional level, outshining his female co-star. A good leading man could make a bad actress look better than she was and a good actress shine. A leading man can also be an actor who is often seen in romantic roles. An example of this would be Bruce Cabot's role in King Kong. Less frequently, the epithet has been applied to an actor who is often associated with one particular actress, for example, Errol Flynn was Olivia de Havilland's leading man in several films, Spencer Tracy had a similar association with Katharine Hepburn; used in this sense, however, the woman is usually described as the leading lady of the man. The term is also used collectively, as in 'Hollywood's leading men' to refer to a group of notable, famous or popular actors. Some examples of modern leading men include Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, and Daniel Craig.

Definition of leading man in the English dictionary

The definition of leading man in the dictionary is a man who plays the main part in a film, play, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEADING MAN


beading
ˈbiːdɪŋ
bleeding
ˈbliːdɪŋ
breast-feeding
ˈbrɛstfiːdɪŋ
breeding
ˈbriːdɪŋ
exceeding
ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ
feeding
ˈfiːdɪŋ
leading
ˈliːdɪŋ
linebreeding
ˈlaɪnˌbriːdɪŋ
misleading
mɪsˈliːdɪŋ
mispleading
mɪsˈpliːdɪŋ
pleading
ˈpliːdɪŋ
preceding
prɪˈsiːdɪŋ
proceeding
prəˈsiːdɪŋ
proofreading
ˈpruːfˌriːdɪŋ
reading
ˈriːdɪŋ
receding
rɪˈsiːdɪŋ
speeding
ˈspiːdɪŋ
succeeding
səkˈsiːdɪŋ
voice-leading
ˈvɔɪsˌliːdɪŋ
weeding
ˈwiːdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEADING MAN

leading aircraftsman
leading aircraftsmen
leading aircraftswoman
leading aircraftswomen
leading aircraftwoman
leading aircraftwomen
leading article
leading case
leading counsel
leading dog
leading edge
leading lady
leading light
leading note
leading question
leading rating
leading rein
leading reins
leading role
leading strings

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEADING MAN

angry young man
as one man
best man
betting man
family man
gambling man
Heidelberg man
he´s your man
hit man
holy man
iron man
little man
make-up man
modern man
old man
Peking man
seafaring man
to a man
working man
young man

Synonyms and antonyms of leading man in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «leading man» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEADING MAN

Find out the translation of leading man to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leading man from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leading man» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

男主角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

galán
570 millions of speakers

English

leading man
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अग्रणी आदमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرائدة الرجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

главной роли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

protagonista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নেতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conduisant l´homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki terkemuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptdarsteller
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主演男優
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리드하는 남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong sing mimpin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông hàng đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னணி நபர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अग्रेसर मनुष्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Önde gelen adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protagonista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prowadząc człowiek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

головній ролі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

om de conducere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

που οδηγούν τον άνθρωπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorste man
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ledande man
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ledende mann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leading man

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEADING MAN»

The term «leading man» is regularly used and occupies the 68.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEADING MAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leading man» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leading man» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leading man

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10 QUOTES WITH «LEADING MAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leading man.
1
Dave Bautista
For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.
2
Chadwick Boseman
Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they're not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Sidney Poitier.
3
Bruce Boxleitner
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.
4
Gary Cole
I was initially a leading man, but only on television.
5
John Corbett
In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.
6
Amanda Crew
It's weird but I've never really been the type to have fixations on the leading man actor. I've always been drawn more to the rock star. I love a guy on the microphone commanding an audience.
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Tim Curry
I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.
8
Aaron Douglas
I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Ryan Gosling
I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.
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David Alan Grier
I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEADING MAN»

Discover the use of leading man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leading man and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Finding Your Leading Man: How to Create Male-to-Male ...
A "how-to" guide for gay men seeking committed, quality relationships explores twelve basic personalities employed by men to hide fears and desires while explaining how to overcome intimacy blockers. Original.
Jon P. Bloch, 2000
2
The Leading Man: Hollywood and the Presidential Image
The president, as head of government and head of state, had the potential to portray a powerful and charismatic role. At the center of the story are the fourteen presidents of the cinematic era, from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama.
Burton Peretti, 2012
3
Her Leading Man
Taking on an acting career to earn money for medical school, Christina Fitzgerald finds a confidant in producer Martin Tafft until he discovers her secret goal, but when an accident on the set forces Martin to step in as the male lead ...
Alice Duncan, 2001
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Brad Pitt: Reluctant Leading Man
Fifteen minutes of screen time was all it took to catapult Brad Pitt from obscurity to stardom. as the cowboy drifter in the 1991 blockbuster Thelma & Louise, he stole not only Thelma's heart, but also the hearts of movie-going audiences ...
Sophie Lees, 2005
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Bradley Cooper: The Whirlwind Life of an Ultimate Leading Man
Now one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, Bradley Cooper's career was not an overnight success.
Cassey Wakefield, 2011
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Leading Man
Benjamin Svetkey. LEADING MAN BENJAMIN SVETKEY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ES IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII C. NNNNN RK A VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES ORIGINAL, SEPTEMBER 2013 Copyright © 2013 by.
Benjamin Svetkey, 2013
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Annual reports of the Navy Department..
Leading man sparmaker 1 Quarterman molder 1 Leading man patternmaker 1 Total 42 Number of master workmen, quartermen, and leading men in the manufacturing department after consolidation, February 1, 1909, ' was as follows: Master ...
United States. Navy Dept, 1909
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Congressional serial set
Leading man sparmaker 1 Quarterman molder ' 1 Leading man patternmaker 1 Total 42 Number of master workmen, quartermen, and leading men in the manufacturing department after consolidation, February 1, 1909, was as follows: Master ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1909
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Leading man sparmaker 1 Quarterman molder 1 Leading man patternmaker 1 Total 42 Number of master workmen, quartermen, and leading men in the manufacturing department after consolidation, February 1, 1909, was as follows: Master ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1909
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Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and ...
Leading man sparmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 1 Quarterman molder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . 1 Leading man patternmaker . ... 2 Leading man shipfitter .
United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1909

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEADING MAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leading man is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ant-Man review – where the bold meets the bland | Film | The …
But when Wright and Marvel parted company in May 2014, leading man Paul Rudd undertook a late-in-the-day rewrite with Anchorman ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
DC's new Green Lantern: Chris Pine or Tyrese Gibson? | moviepilot …
The problem is that he seems to be hired as a leading man just because Hollywood can, based on his latest acting skills is it safe to assume he ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
3
The art of Mission Impossible's vault heist scene: How Tom Cruise …
But in 1996, Cruise was more of a pretty-boy leading man, one whose action chops got their first real test in the shooting of Mission: Impossible. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
A less-than-gripping collision between professional and personal in …
... reporter can't forgive the mother, a former actress, for the time years earlier when she cheated on his father, now dead, with her leading man. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
Amy Purdy Previews Her Upcoming Summer Wedding, Admits She …
While walking on a beach in Puerto Rico, the athlete's leading man got down on one knee and presented a Neil Lane ring. PHOTOS: Stars' ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
6
'The Bachelorette: Men Tell All': Ben Higgins Introduced As Next …
Ben has been downplaying the rumors that he has signed a contract to become ABC's next leading man, telling Entertainment Tonight that he ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
7
Where You've Seen Them Before: The Cast of Ant-Man - Movie Mom
He is most often thought of as a likeable comic actor in films like “Anchorman” and “Role Models,” and as a light leading man in romantic ... «Beliefnet, Jul 15»
8
Heaven Can Wait: A Heroin Movie Hall of Fame | Country Life …
Mere months after he became a comic leading man in There's Something About Mary, Stiller showed off his dramatic chops by starring in this ... «Nashville Scene, Jul 15»
9
The Gallows review – not so much a gore-fest as a snore-fest | Film …
... saw its leading man “accidentally” hanged on stage. Breaking into the theatre on the eve of the performance, our antiheroes conveniently ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Ben Stokes the leading man in England's on-the-hoof Ashes …
England's Ben Stokes reaches his 50 at Lord's, but was later out for 87 as Australia moved into a commanding position on day three. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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