Straight man

//ˈstɹeɪtˌmæn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a male performer who acts as stooge to a comedian wordnet
  3. 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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