Meanings
plural stagehands
- A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.
Holonym: stage crew
1 more example
The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From stage + hand (“manual worker”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian сценичен работник
- сценичен работник (sceničen rabotnik)person working behind the scenes in a theatre
Czech kulisák
- kulisákperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Dutch toneelknecht
- toneelknechtperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Finnish näyttämöavustaja
- näyttämöavustajaperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
German Bühnenhelfer, Bühnenhelferin
- Bühnenhelferperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
- Bühnenhelferinperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Polish maszynista sceny, maszynistka sceny
- maszynista scenyperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
- maszynistka scenyperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Portuguese contrarregra
- contrarregraperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Romanian mașinist
- mașinistperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Spanish tramoyista, sacasillas
- tramoyistaperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
- sacasillasperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Swedish scenarbetare
- scenarbetareperson working behind the scenes in a theatre
Cite this entry
stagehand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagehand
“stagehand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagehand. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stagehand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagehand.
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