'Stager' definitions:
Definition of 'stager'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: stage manager, stager]
noun
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]
Definition of 'Stager'
From: GCIDE
- Stager \Sta"ger\ (st[=a]"j[~e]r), n.
- 1. A player. [R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A horse used in drawing a stage. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]