Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stager"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stager \Sta"ger\, n.
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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; someone who has given long service
[syn: {veteran}, {old-timer}, {old hand}, {warhorse}, {old
stager}]
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