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STRAIGHT MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straight man mean?
• STRAIGHT MAN (noun)
The noun STRAIGHT MAN has 1 sense:
1. a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
Familiarity information: STRAIGHT MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
second banana; straight man
Hypernyms ("straight man" is a kind of...):
performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)
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