stager

2 definitions found

stager - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stager \Sta"ger\ (st[=a]"j[~e]r), n.
     1. A player. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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     2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a
        practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived
        from long experience. "You will find most of the old
        stagers still stationary there." --Sir W. Scott.
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     3. A horse used in drawing a stage. [Colloq.]
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stager - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stager
      n 1: 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 [syn: stage manager,
           stager]
      2: an experienced person who has been through many battles;
         someone who has given long service [syn: veteran, old-   timer
         , oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager,
         stager]