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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang One, such as an assistant or deputy, who is subordinate to another.
  2. n. Slang One who serves as the straight man opposite the leading comedian in a burlesque.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
  2. n. idiomatic A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
  2. n. a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

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  1. underling
  1. foot soldier
  1. subsidiary
  1. subordinate
  1. performer
  1. performing artist

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