straight man (English, noun)
expansion: straight man (plural straight men)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, man; for example, a heterosexual man.
Forms:
form: straight men
tags: plural