"main man" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "main men",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "main men"
      },
      "expansion": "main man (plural main men)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, David Ritz, Barbells and saxophones",
          "text": "Thanks to Aaron (my main man) Priest...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Matt Cohen, The bookseller",
          "text": "\"Dungo,\" Henry would say, \"you're my main man.\" He would pronounce these words in front of Jeanine, or even strangers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March, JazzTimes",
          "text": "As Moody says of his main man, \"Diz influenced me from every standpoint. He was a friend, a father, a confidante, just everything to me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One's closest male friend."
      ],
      "id": "en-main_man-en-noun-p0Cw48eg",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) One's closest male friend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "main man"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "main men",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "main men"
      },
      "expansion": "main man (plural main men)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, David Ritz, Barbells and saxophones",
          "text": "Thanks to Aaron (my main man) Priest...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Matt Cohen, The bookseller",
          "text": "\"Dungo,\" Henry would say, \"you're my main man.\" He would pronounce these words in front of Jeanine, or even strangers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March, JazzTimes",
          "text": "As Moody says of his main man, \"Diz influenced me from every standpoint. He was a friend, a father, a confidante, just everything to me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One's closest male friend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) One's closest male friend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  "word": "main man"
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