English Explanatory Dictionary

second banana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-au-second banana.ogg

Word forms

second banana second bananas

Related words

top banana second fiddle
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