Straight man may refer to:
- Straight Man, a 1997 novel by Richard Russo
- Straight man (stock character), a member of a double act who plays a stooge, feed, or comic foil (an actor not meant to be funny who is surprised by, or is the object of, a joke by the comic) in theatrical comedy
- A heterosexual male
Famous quotes containing the words straight and/or man:
“The Poplar grows up straight and tall,
The Pear-tree spreads along the wall,”
—Sara Coleridge (1802–1852)
“For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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