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STRAIGHT PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straight person mean?
• STRAIGHT PERSON (noun)
The noun STRAIGHT PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Familiarity information: STRAIGHT PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
heterosexual; heterosexual person; straight; straight person
Hypernyms ("straight person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
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