stagehand

noun

stagehand

noun

US /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/

Etymology From stage + hand (“manual worker”).

1

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

  • Holonym: stage crew
  • 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.

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