Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person of great experience.
  • noun Archaic An actor.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A player.
  • noun One who has long acted on the stage of life; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience: usually with old.
  • noun A horse used for drawing a stage-coach.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A player.
  • noun One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
  • noun colloq. A horse used in drawing a stage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An actor on the stage.
  • noun One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
  • noun A horse used in drawing a stage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
  • 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

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Examples

  • Some brokers will even hire a "stager" who can tidy up the home, move furniture around and even re-hang pictures to create a more inviting living space.

    How To Sell Your Home In 2007 2006

  • As for the house itself, you can hire a "stager" or you can save money by doing it yourself.

    KING - Home 2010

  • In this case, she works, as a "stager," arranging furniture in empty apartments for real estate agents unsure how they want to package the suite.

    Vue Weekly 2010

  • As for the house itself, you can hire a "stager" or you can save money by doing it yourself.

    KING - Home 2010

  • Five has Ann Maurice: Interior Rivalry at 11. 30am, a reality show that tries to find Britain's best interior 'stager'.

    TV Scoop 2009

  • "stager" to prepare the home for prospective buyers can cost anywhere from $50 to $150 per hour, according to Jessica Page, a Realtor with Innovative Real Estate in Denver.

    ScrippsNews 2010

  • So much so that when they asked her to stay on to do the Pat Kenny show later, the old stager led with the image of the burning cross himself.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • So they took it off the market, consulted other agents and hired a stager.

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  • Elsewhere, seeing the accomplished ballet dancer triumph in the often unorthodox challenges of Ms. Tharp, partly due to the choreographer's pointework detailing, I began to wonder if some Cunningham stager Patricia Lent was in charge of "Duets" here would countenance somehow working pointes into Cunningham's footwork.

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  • Nancy Monts of Your Happy Space in Dallas is a certified stager and professional organizer.

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  • stager synonyms veteran, old-timer, old hand, trouper

    March 22, 2015

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    March 22, 2015

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