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Definition of Straight man
1. Noun. A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian.
Definition of Straight man
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight Man
Literary usage of Straight man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... he was a tall straight man, the haire of his head blacke, long behind, onely
short before, none on his face at all; he asked some beere, but we gave him ..."
2. Social Statics: Abridged and Revised; Together with The Man Versus the State by Herbert Spencer (1892)
"... solely of the straight man. He describes how the straight man comports himself;
shows in what relation he stands to ..."
3. Social Statics, Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified by Herbert Spencer (1851)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He determines the properties of the straight
man; describes how the straight man comports himself; shows in what ..."
4. Social Statics, Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified by Herbert Spencer (1851)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He determines the properties of the straight
man; describes how the straight man comports himself; shows in what ..."
5. Social statics, or, The conditions essential to human happiness specified by Herbert Spencer (1873)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He determines the properties of the straight
man; describes how the straight man comports himself; shows in what ..."
6. Social Statics: Abridged and Revised; Together with The Man Versus the State by Herbert Spencer (1892)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He describes how the straight man comports
himself ; shows in what relation he stands to I ..."
7. Works by Herbert Spencer, Edmund Spenser, R Morris (1902)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He determines the properties of the straight
man ; describes how the straight man comports himself; shows in what 19 ..."
8. Data of Ethics by Herbert Spencer (1902)
"He treats solely of the straight man. He determines the properties of the straight
man ; describes how the straight man comports himself; shows in what ..."
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