Definition of Stager

1. Noun. Someone 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.

Exact synonyms: Stage Manager
Generic synonyms: Supervisor
Derivative terms: Stage, Stage

2. Noun. An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
Exact synonyms: Old Hand, Old Stager, Old-timer, Oldtimer, Veteran, Warhorse
Generic synonyms: Expert
Derivative terms: Veteran

Definition of Stager

1. n. A player.

Definition of Stager

1. Noun. An actor on the stage. ¹

2. Noun. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. ¹

3. Noun. A horse used in drawing a stage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stager

1. an experienced person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stager

stageful
stagefuls
stagehand
stagehands
stagehouse
stagehouses
stageless
stagelike
stagely
stagemanship
stageplay
stageplayer
stageplayers
stageplaying
stageplays
stager (current term)
stageries
stagers
stagery
stages
stages of the game
stagescape
stagescapes
stageside
stagestruck
stagestruckness
stagette
stagettes
stagewear
stagewide

Literary usage of Stager

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1845)
"Mr. stager is unfortunately no poet; and his attempt therefore to ... If stager is not a poet, he is not a wordy and ambitious ..."

2. Our Recent Actors: Being Recollections Critical, And, in Many Instances by Westland Marston (1888)
"... at the Olympic, of this distinguished son of a distinguished father. In " The Old and Young stager," written by W. ..."

3. The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States: With an by William Rattle Plum (1882)
"ANNUAL REPORTS OF ANSON stager TO THE QUARTER-MASTER GENERAL. WASHINGTON, DC, February, 1862. GENERAL MC MEIGS, QMG: GENERAL : The cable will be shipped ..."

4. The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States: With an by William Rattle Plum (1882)
"ANNUAL REPORTS OF ANSON stager TO THE QUARTER-MASTER GENERAL. WASHINGTON, DC, February, 1862. GENERAL MC MEIGS, QMG: GENERAL : The cable will be shipped ..."

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