Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stager

/stˈeɪdʒɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: stager
IPA: /stˈeɪdʒɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An actor on the stage.

noun

One who stages a theatrical performance.

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 stagecoach.

name

Example Sentences

"Here the principal stagers of saints' plays appear to have been the civic authorities, and guilds or confreries, and the popularity of this type of drama owed much to the cult of saints[…]"

Etymology

From stage + -er.

Inflected Forms

stagers (plural)

Phrases

old stager

Synonyms

stage manager veteran old-timer oldtimer old hand warhorse old stager

Rhymes With

major wager pager ager yager gauger crager rager cager supermajor midmajor nonmajor

Questions

How do you pronounce stager?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈeɪdʒɚ/.
What does stager mean?: An actor on the stage.
Where does stager come from?: From stage + -er.

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