Stagehand

/ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.

    "Holonym: stage crew"

  2. 2
    an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production wordnet

Synonyms

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backstage workerdepartmental stagehandpromptersroustaboutspecialized crew memberstage crew member

Example

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"The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs."

Etymology

From stage + hand (“manual worker”).

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