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Straight man
//ˈstɹeɪtˌmæn// noun
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Noun
- 1 A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy. idiomatic
"For many years Bud Abbott served brilliantly as Lou Costello's deadpan straight man."
- 2 a male performer who acts as stooge to a comedian wordnet
- 3 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man.
"The committee consisted of two lesbians and a straight man."
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