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straight man
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun straight man has 1 sense
- straight man(n = noun.person) second banana - a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian; Array is a kind of performer, performing artist
THESAURUS
straight man
Roscius, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, feeder, foil, heavy, histrio, histrion, ingenue, juvenile, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist, playactor, player, protean actor, reciter, soubrette, stage performer, stage player, stooge, stroller, strolling player, theatrical, thespian, trouper, utility man, villain
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