Definitions for straight arrow

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

straight′ ar′row(n.)

  1. a person righteously devoted to clean or conventional living.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of straight arrow:

1965–70

straight′-ar′row(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. square shooter, straight shooter, straight arrow(noun)

    a frank and honest person

Wiktionary

  1. straight arrow(Noun)

    A person of conventional morality


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