ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stager

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Stager is a noun meaning An actor on the stage.

Meaning

An actor on the stage.

More Meanings

  1. One who stages a theatrical performance.
  2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
  3. A horse used in drawing a stagecoach.

Example Sentences

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[…]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stageplayer, play-actor, backstager, player, restager, play-actress.

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