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Straight man
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Comedy & People:
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.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
straight
,
man
;
for example
, a
heterosexual
man
.
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Synonyms
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