stager

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noun

An actor on the stage.

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Meanings

stager1

nounstager (plural stagers)

plural stagers

  1. An actor on the stage.
  2. One who stages a theatrical performance.

    Here the principal stagers of saints' plays appear to have been the civic authorities, and guilds or confreries, and the popularity of this type of drama owed much to the cult of saints[…]

    1994, Richard Beadle, The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, page 271
  3. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
  4. A horse used in drawing a stagecoach.

Stager2

proper nounStager (plural Stagers)

plural Stagers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed

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stage manager
Broader
supervisor

nounan experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

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veteranold-timeroldtimerold handwarhorseold stager
Broader
expert
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old handold stagerold-timeroldtimerstage managerveteranwarhorse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stage + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stager

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stager

MLA

“stager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stager. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stager,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stager.

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