straight woman

plural straight women

1. A woman who plays the role of the straight man in comedy.

   The program [Wildboyz] does occasionally feature locals and experts, but these figures serve either as straight men or women or, more often, join in on the madness—such as when a Kenyan park ranger accompanies the Boyz on a silly song about snakes.

   2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 75

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, woman.

   While many gay men were reluctant to support the AIDS ward, straight women and lesbians didn’t hesitate one moment.

   1999, John-Manuel Andriote, “Rallying the Troops”, in Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 117