Stager

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       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}]