stager Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    stage manager.
  2. noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
    old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; old-timer.

WordNet


Sta"ger noun
Definitions
  1. A player. R. B. Jonson.
  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.
  3. A horse used in drawing a stage. Colloq.

Webster 1913